[tor-bugs] #20920 [Core Tor/Tor]: Lower MAX_SAMPLE_THRESHOLD by a lot

Tue Dec 13 19:08:22 UTC 2016

#20920: Lower MAX_SAMPLE_THRESHOLD by a lot
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 Reporter:  nickm         |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  High          |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.0.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #19877        |         Points:
 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by asn):

 Hmm I can see how that makes sense. However, if we are trying to provide
 security for such tiny networks (30 nodes) we would probably have to
 change the rest of our guard picking strategy quite a bit as well.

 Anyhow, no strong opinions here and the code seems reasonable.

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