[tor-bugs] #3023 [Tor Directory Authority]: Tor directory authorities should not act as regular relays/hsdirs

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#3023: Tor directory authorities should not act as regular relays/hsdirs
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 Reporter:  Sebastian                |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal                   |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:                    
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   Points:                           |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 Replying to [comment:3 Sebastian]:
 > We're seeing more problems with dirauths that don't have enough capacity

 I guess the days of directory authorities having plenty of excess
 bandwidth are gone. That's bad news too when it comes to dirauth DDoS
 concerns. Oops. Should we say that future directory authorities need to
 have strong (e.g. 100mbit) connections, even if they don't use it all in
 normal operation?

 My main reason for not thinking we should add complexity to directory
 authorities (by special-casing them further) is that I think it's
 dangerous to have directory authorities that need it. I guess if it's
 really the case that our directory authorities are hitting their bandwidth
 limits, we've already failed at that goal. So be it.

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