[tor-bugs] #6789 [Tor Directory Authority]: Directory authorities should stop listing Tor <= 0.2.1 -- maybe more

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#6789: Directory authorities should stop listing Tor <= 0.2.1 -- maybe more
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 Reporter:  nickm                    |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement              |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal                   |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:                           |         Parent:                    
   Points:                           |   Actualpoints:                    
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 We've not been doing security updates for 0.2.1 in a while. It looks like
 there are still a handful of such nodes in the directories, though.  They
 seem to make up about half a percent of the network bandwidth.

 Other versions that we allow include 0.2.2.21-alpha onward.  But right
 now, versions before 0.2.2.35 add only another half-a-percent to the
 bandwidth.

 If we count routers and not bandwidth, omitting these versions would
 remove a bigger fraction: 1.5% of the routers from 0.2.1, and 2.5% with
 0.2.2 versions <= 0.2.2.34.

  If we define 0.2.2.35  as our minimal 0.2.2 release, we should probably
 also reject 0.2.3 versions before 0.2.3.10-alpha.  They're a miniscule
 fraction of the network too.

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