[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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Changes (by nickm):

  * status:  needs_revision => needs_review


Comment:

 > The minimum should be the current default, at least.

 Okay; done in bug8240_v2.

 > with a new load balancing parameter we have no control over

 What's the uncontrollable parameter you're referring to in this case?
 It's a consensus parameter, after all; we control that.  (At least, the
 authorities do.)


 FWIW, I am pushing on this branch because I am worried about letting the
 status quo of "wait long enough and you'll get a bad guard" sit around
 indefinitely while we analyze ourselves into oblivion.  I hope this
 doesn't turn into one of those tickets where we can't fix Tor until
 something else is done, but we never make a plan to do that something
 else.

 I guess that means that once we merge this, we need to make a realistic
 plan for making it safe to increase the guard lifetime a lot.

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