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@@ -2755,17 +2755,49 @@ The following options are used to configure a hidden service.
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DENIAL OF SERVICE MITIGATION OPTIONS
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+Tor has three built-in mitigation options that can be individually
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+enabled/disabled and fine-tuned, but by default Tor directory authorities will
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+define reasonable values for relays and no explicit configuration is required
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+to make use of these protections. The mitigations are:
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+
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+ 1. If a single client address makes too many concurrent connections (this
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+ is configurable via DoSConnectionMaxConcurrentCount), hang up on
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+ further connections.
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+ +
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+ 2. If a single client IP address (v4 or v6) makes circuits too quickly
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+ (default values are more than 3 per second, with an allowed burst of 90,
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+ see DoSCircuitCreationRate and DoSCircuitCreationBurst) while also having
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+ too many connections open (default is 3, see
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+ DoSCircuitCreationMinConnections), tor will refuse any new circuit
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+ (CREATE cells) for the next while (random value between 1 and 2 hours).
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+ +
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+ 3. If a client asks to establish a rendezvous point to you directly (ex:
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+ Tor2Web client), ignore the request.
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+
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+These defenses can be manually controlled by torrc options, but relays will
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+also take guidance from consensus parameters, so there's no need to configure
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+anything manually. In doubt, do not change those values.
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+
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+The values set by the consensus, if any, can be found here:
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+https://consensus-health.torproject.org/#consensusparams
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+If any of the DoS mitigations are enabled, an heartbeat message will appear in
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+your log at NOTICE level which looks like:
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+
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+ DoS mitigation since startup: 429042 circuits rejected, 17 marked addresses.
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+ 2238 connections closed. 8052 single hop clients refused.
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The following options are useful only for a public relay. They control the
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-Denial of Service mitigation subsystem.
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+Denial of Service mitigation subsystem described above.
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[[DoSCircuitCreationEnabled]] **DoSCircuitCreationEnabled** **0**|**1**|**auto**::
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- Enable circuit creation DoS mitigation. If enabled, tor will cache client
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- IPs along with statistics in order to detect circuit DoS attacks. If an
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- address is positively identified, tor will activate defenses against the
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- address. See the DoSCircuitCreationDefenseType option for more details.
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- This is a client to relay detection only. "auto" means use the consensus
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- parameter. If not defined in the consensus, the value is 0.
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+ Enable circuit creation DoS mitigation. If set to 1 (enabled), tor will
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+ cache client IPs along with statistics in order to detect circuit DoS
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+ attacks. If an address is positively identified, tor will activate
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+ defenses against the address. See the DoSCircuitCreationDefenseType option
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+ for more details. This is a client to relay detection only. "auto" means
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+ use the consensus parameter. If not defined in the consensus, the value is 0.
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(Default: auto)
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[[DoSCircuitCreationMinConnections]] **DoSCircuitCreationMinConnections** __NUM__::
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@@ -2809,14 +2841,15 @@ Denial of Service mitigation subsystem.
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The base time period in seconds that the DoS defense is activated for. The
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actual value is selected randomly for each activation from N+1 to 3/2 * N.
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"0" means use the consensus parameter. If not defined in the consensus,
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- the value is 3600 seconds (1 hour). (Default: 0)
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+ the value is 3600 seconds (1 hour).
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+ (Default: 0)
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[[DoSConnectionEnabled]] **DoSConnectionEnabled** **0**|**1**|**auto**::
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- Enable the connection DoS mitigation. For client address only, this allows
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- tor to mitigate against large number of concurrent connections made by a
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- single IP address. "auto" means use the consensus parameter. If not
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- defined in the consensus, the value is 0.
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+ Enable the connection DoS mitigation. If set to 1 (enabled), for client
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+ address only, this allows tor to mitigate against large number of
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+ concurrent connections made by a single IP address. "auto" means use the
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+ consensus parameter. If not defined in the consensus, the value is 0.
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(Default: auto)
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[[DoSConnectionMaxConcurrentCount]] **DoSConnectionMaxConcurrentCount** __NUM__::
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