[tor-bugs] #5457 [Torflow]: Bw auths don't count circuit failures in descriptor mode

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#5457: Bw auths don't count circuit failures in descriptor mode
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 Reporter:  mikeperry  |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  major      |      Milestone:           
Component:  Torflow    |        Version:           
 Keywords:             |         Parent:  #5456    
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 The circuit failure rate of the network appears to vary wildly. It also
 seems that it doesn't take much to push nodes into CPU overload. This is
 rather concerning, as it seems to indicate that measuring for CPU overload
 is very prone to DoS attacks designed to demote certain nodes from high
 bandwidth rankings.

 We might not want to rush into this fix... :/

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