From cfff21e78a85bd7af1a6abc021ef17f1b42bc948 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:33:39 +0000 Subject: backport candidate: If not enough of our entry guards are available so we add a new one, we might use the new one even if it overlapped with the current circuit's exit relay (or its family). Anonymity bugfix pointed out by rovv. svn:r16698 --- ChangeLog | 6 +++++- src/or/circuitbuild.c | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 6fec343c0..8cd713bf2 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Changes in version 0.2.1.5-alpha - 2008-08-?? +Changes in version 0.2.1.5-alpha - 2008-09-?? o Major features [IPv6 support]: - Convert many internal address representations to optionally hold IPv6 addresses. @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Changes in version 0.2.1.5-alpha - 2008-08-?? a digest of all zeroes, or asks to extend back to the relay that sent the extend cell, tear down the circuit. Ideas suggested by rovv. + - If not enough of our entry guards are available so we add a new + one, we might use the new one even if it overlapped with the + current circuit's exit relay (or its family). Anonymity bugfix + pointed out by rovv. o Minor bugfixes: - Recover 3-7 bytes that were wasted per memory chunk. Fixes bug diff --git a/src/or/circuitbuild.c b/src/or/circuitbuild.c index 66f2a95c0..163c16a90 100644 --- a/src/or/circuitbuild.c +++ b/src/or/circuitbuild.c @@ -2476,8 +2476,13 @@ choose_random_entry(cpath_build_state_t *state) * be a long time til we get it. -RD */ r = add_an_entry_guard(NULL, 0); if (r) { - smartlist_add(live_entry_guards, r); entry_guards_changed(); + /* XXX we start over here in case the new node we added shares + * a family with our exit node. There's a chance that we'll just + * load up on entry guards here, if the network we're using is + * one big family. Perhaps we should teach add_an_entry_guard() + * to understand nodes-to-avoid-if-possible? -RD */ + goto retry; } } if (!r && need_uptime) { -- cgit v1.2.3