[tor-bugs] #3095 [Tor Directory Authority]: obsolete tor clients hammering original v1 dir authorities

Tue May 3 22:48:08 UTC 2011

#3095: obsolete tor clients hammering original v1 dir authorities
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 Reporter:  arma                     |          Owner:                  
     Type:  task                     |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal                   |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:                  
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Comment(by rransom):

 Replying to [comment:1 arma]:
 > The way I see it, we've got two options:
 >
 > 1) Generate new certs for these three keys. This time maybe make them
 last 20 years rather than 1 or 2.

 Or make them last a few months, and investigate the legality and
 feasibility of crashing those clients in the meantime (before they start
 DDoSing moria1 again).

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