[tor-bugs] #15942 [Core Tor/Tor]: Make tor connection failures random-exponential-backoff

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#15942: Make tor connection failures random-exponential-backoff
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 Reporter:  teor                                 |          Owner:  andrea
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
 Priority:  High                                 |  needs_review
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |      Milestone:  Tor:
 Severity:  Normal                               |  0.2.9.x-final
 Keywords:  SponsorS, 028-triage, tor-dos,       |        Version:
  TorCoreTeam201606, review-group-3, review-     |     Resolution:
  group-4                                        |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #17293                               |         Points:  3
 Reviewer:  nickm                                |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  SponsorU-can
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Comment (by andrea):

 Seems reasonable as long as entropy is sufficiently cheap; I'm fine with
 that alternative I think.

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