[tor-bugs] #5956 [Tor Client]: Thresholds of nodes to build circuits should be tunable and maybe consider weights too

Thu May 24 14:07:40 UTC 2012

#5956: Thresholds of nodes to build circuits should be tunable and maybe consider
weights too
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 Reporter:  nickm       |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:              |         Parent:                    
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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 On #5343, Mike notes that he doesn't like the 1/3 threshold for having
 sufficient exit nodes to build circuits.

 Arguably, this threshold (and the other threshold changed in #3196) should
 be consensus parameters too.

 Arguably, there should also (or instead?) be a minimum threshold by
 weight.

 I'm marking this for 0.2.4.x, but it's likely to be very backportable.

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