allow suggested effort to be 0

First (both client and service), make descriptor parsing not fail when
suggested_effort is 0.

Second (client side), if we get a descriptor with a pow_params section
but with suggested_effort of 0, treat it as not requiring a pow.

Third (service side), when deciding whether the suggested effort has
changed, don't treat "previous suggested effort 0, new suggested effort 0"
as a change.

An alternative design to resolve 'first' and 'second' above would be
to omit the pow_params from the descriptor when suggested_effort is 0,
so clients never see the pow_params so they don't compute a pow. But
I decided to include a pow_params with an explicit suggested_effort
of 0, since this way the client knows the seed etc so they can solve
a higher-effort pow if they want. The tradeoff is that the descriptor
reveals whether HiddenServicePoWDefensesEnabled is set to 1 for this onion
service, even if the AIMD calculation is currently requiring effort 0.
This commit is contained in:
Roger Dingledine 2022-09-04 06:48:28 -04:00 committed by Micah Elizabeth Scott
parent d36144ba31
commit 0716cd7cb2
3 changed files with 7 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -675,7 +675,8 @@ send_introduce1(origin_circuit_t *intro_circ,
/* If the descriptor contains PoW parameters then the service is
* expecting a PoW solution in the INTRODUCE cell, which we solve here. */
if (desc->encrypted_data.pow_params) {
if (desc->encrypted_data.pow_params &&
desc->encrypted_data.pow_params->suggested_effort > 0) {
log_debug(LD_REND, "PoW params present in descriptor.");
pow_solution = tor_malloc_zero(sizeof(hs_pow_solution_t));

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@ -2129,7 +2129,7 @@ decode_pow_params(const directory_token_t *tok,
int ok;
unsigned long effort =
tor_parse_ulong(tok->args[2], 10, 1, UINT32_MAX, &ok, NULL);
tor_parse_ulong(tok->args[2], 10, 0, UINT32_MAX, &ok, NULL);
if (!ok) {
log_warn(LD_REND, "Unparseable suggested effort %s in PoW params",
escaped(tok->args[2]));

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@ -2464,16 +2464,16 @@ update_all_descriptors_pow_params(time_t now)
/* Services SHOULD NOT upload a new descriptor if the suggested
* effort value changes by less than 15 percent. */
previous_effort = encrypted->pow_params->suggested_effort;
if (pow_state->suggested_effort <= previous_effort * 0.85 ||
previous_effort * 1.15 <= pow_state->suggested_effort) {
if (pow_state->suggested_effort < previous_effort * 0.85 ||
previous_effort * 1.15 < pow_state->suggested_effort) {
log_info(LD_REND, "Suggested effort changed significantly, "
"updating descriptors...");
encrypted->pow_params->suggested_effort = pow_state->suggested_effort;
descs_updated = 1;
} else if (previous_effort != pow_state->suggested_effort) {
/* The change in suggested effort was not significant enough to
warrant updating the descriptors, return 0 to reflect they are
unchanged. */
* warrant updating the descriptors, return 0 to reflect they are
* unchanged. */
log_info(LD_REND, "Change in suggested effort didn't warrant "
"updating descriptors.");
}