[tor-bugs] #20212 [Core Tor/Tor]: 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:
                                                 |  0.4.2.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  guard-discovery,                     |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201803, 034-roadmap-proposed,    |
  security, tor-hs                               |
Parent ID:  #29995                               |         Points:  6
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor27-must
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Comment (by teor):

 We might need some fixes in Tor, and some fixes in Tor Browser.

 If we make all (non-single onion service) clients rate-limit onion
 circuits, then some applications may need to rate-limit individual tabs
 (Tor Browser), contacts (Ricochet), or peers (Bitcoin).

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20212#comment:22>
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