[tor-bugs] #8240 [Tor]: Raise our guard rotation period

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#8240: Raise our guard rotation period
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 Reporter:  arma                                    |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect                                  |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  major                                   |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor                                     |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-client needs-proposal 023-backport  |         Parent:                    
   Points:                                          |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 While we're planning, though: it seems that hidden services are extra
 vulnerable to this issue, since they don't move and since the adversary
 can induce them to talk. Should we disable guard rotation for hidden
 services? Or just crank up its rotation period a lot?

 So long as hidden services aren't a big piece of network traffic, such a
 move shouldn't influence overall network load balancing, and should help
 the hidden services a lot.

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