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Re: [tor-bugs] #22136 [Core Tor/Tor]: Make entry relays expire idle client and bridge connections (was: Make guards expire client connections)
#22136: Make entry relays expire idle client and bridge connections
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Reporter: teor | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone: Tor: 0.3.2.x-final
Component: Core Tor/Tor | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Actual Points:
Parent ID: #22805 | Points: 0.3
Reviewer: | Sponsor: Sponsor4-can
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Changes (by teor):
* milestone: Tor: 0.3.1.x-final => Tor: 0.3.2.x-final
* sponsor: => Sponsor4-can
Comment:
Replying to [comment:2 mikeperry]:
> Well, the padding code tries to set connection lifetimes on the order of
an hour by controlling idle circuit lifetime. It tries to ensure that you
always have some kind of circuit open for around 30-60 minutes, even if
the client is idle. After that point, it stops holding circuits open or
building new ones, and then a few minutes after that, the client should
close the orconn itself.
>
> So this bug should only affect padding overhead if there are buggy
clients (or alternate client implementations) that do not close their own
idle circuits and orconns.
So this bug would mainly affect bridges, which delay closing their own
idle orconns (because they think they are relays connected to another
relay). This is probably ok.
But there are a lot of idle bridges, so fixing this bug might help reduce
network load.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22136#comment:3>
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