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[tor-bugs] #6777 [Tor Directory Authority]: add config option to not rate limit authority dir conns
#6777: add config option to not rate limit authority dir conns
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Reporter: arma | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component: Tor Directory Authority | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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During today's consensus fiasco, several authorities were hitting their
configured bandwidth rates. In moria1's case, we were using the default
5MB/10MB, and we were basically sustaining 5MB/s of directory output for
6+ hours. Most things weren't finishing getting written -- including
votes.
weasel suggested a feature where we allow dir conns to/from authorities to
go above our bandwidth limits.
I was thinking we would implement it just by making
connection_is_rate_limited() say "no" for them.
but weasel suggested that we count the bytes, and reduce them from our
totals, but not limit the conns. That sounds worthwhile but more complex.
On the theory that we want this hack in rather than waiting forever for
the elegant solution, I convinced weasel that he should be ok with the
simpler approach.
Heck, maybe rather than making it a config option, we should just make it
standard behavior for authorities.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6777>
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