[tor-bugs] #2709 [Tor Relay]: Relays can trick authorities into assigning the hsdir flag early

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#2709: Relays can trick authorities into assigning the hsdir flag early
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 Reporter:  Sebastian  |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.2.x-final
Component:  Tor Relay  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:             |         Parent:                    
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:                    
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 Dirauths trust the uptime value reported in a relay's descriptor instead
 of doing some checking of their own to see if the reported value is
 plausible.This means it is cheaper than expected to mount a dos attack
 against a known hidden service by targetting the nodes responsible for
 storing its descriptor.

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