[tor-bugs] #20212 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor can be forced to open too many circuits by embedding .onion resources

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#20212: Tor can be forced to open too many circuits by embedding .onion resources
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 Reporter:  gacar                     |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  guard-discovery           |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:6 asn]:
 > How should we proceed here? Leif suggested we introduce a
 `Max3rdPartyOnions` option ''to limit the number of onion addresses that
 an origin is allowed to cause the browser to make connections to''.
 >
 > Do we think this is a reasonable approach? And what should the default
 value be? Can we add this to our TB roadmap in some capacity?

 You mean this should be fixed on the browser side? It seems to me having a
 patch in tor makes more sense.

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