On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Michael Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi, > > I've been trying to get to grips with the hidden service code, and I > have a question that I was hoping someone on the list could answer. > > The constant REND_HID_SERV_DIR_REQUERY_PERIOD is defined as 15 * 60 > (15 minutes) in rendclient.c, with the comment "The period for which a > hidden service directory cannot be queried for the same descriptor ID > again." As far as I can tell, the purpose of this constant is to > prevent a client from repeatedly asking an HS directory for a > descriptor that the directory doesn't have. > > However, when a descriptor fetch fails and there's no reusable cached > descriptor, rend_client_desc_trynow(query) calls > rend_client_note_connection_attempt_ended(onion_address), which calls > purge_hid_serv_from_last_hid_serv_requests(onion_address), which (as > far as I can tell) forgets which HS directories have been tried for > the descriptor, allowing the same directories to be tried again before > REND_HID_SERV_DIR_REQUERY_PERIOD elapses. > > So what's the effect of REND_HID_SERV_DIR_REQUERY_PERIOD?
Hello, Michael! This looks like a possible bug to me. Could you open a ticket at trac.torproject.org? cheers, -- Nick _______________________________________________ tor-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev
