[tor-bugs] #6783 [Tor]: should not serve old v2 statuses

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#6783: should not serve old v2 statuses
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 Reporter:  weasel    |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect    |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  critical  |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor       |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.20-rc  
 Keywords:  tor-auth  |         Parent:                    
   Points:            |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 {{{
 Mar 10 16:29:13.107 [notice] Rejected a v2 networkstatus request. [25091
 similar message(s) suppressed in last 1800 seconds]
 ...
 Mar 10 16:59:13.425 [notice] Rejected a v2 networkstatus request. [23134
 similar message(s) suppressed in last 1800 seconds]
 ...
 Mar 10 17:29:13.562 [notice] Rejected a v2 networkstatus request. [23162
 similar message(s) suppressed in last 1800 seconds]
 }}}

 That's about 13 requests a second. Not so bad I guess. On the flip side,
 that's a lot of old unhappy clients.

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