[tor-bugs] #20082 [Core Tor/Tor]: Lower initial descriptor upload delay for hidden services

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#20082: Lower initial descriptor upload delay for hidden services
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 Reporter:  twim                                 |          Owner:  twim
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.0.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-hs, research,                    |  Actual Points:
  TorCoreTeam201610, review-group-11             |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:  teor                                 |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  SponsorR-can
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Comment (by twim):

 I revisited the patch, fixed some culprits there and simplified the code.
 Updated code lies in my `ticket20082_030_02` branch and PR is
 https://gitlab.com/nogoegst/tor/merge_requests/2.
 To reduce noise this branch will be rebased in future.

 So at the moment I removed code that used to introduce initial post delay
 for non-ephemeral services. It was unclear how it should work and there
 was neither agreement upon delay value nor real security research. There
 should be a discussion about how it should implemented against the specs.

 For now it works this way (timeline of an onion service uploads):

 {{{
      ^                ^              ^    ^
      |                |              |    |
      |       +---(x)--+       +--(x)-+    |
 ----[a]-----[b]--------------[d]---------[d]----------> t
                       |<--y-->|
                           |
                           +---[w]->


 ^ - upload
 a - initial upload (descriptor is dirty and never uploaded)
 b - unscheduled upload (descriptor got dirty, uploaded before)
   x - 'stabilizing' period = 3s
   y - 'unstable' period = 30s
   w - warning if descriptor has changed (d) less than y after
       last upload
 d - next scheduled upload (next_upload_time, 1h after last upload,
     may be rescheduled)
 }}}

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