dev notes: Draft IPT algorithm: Retire IPTs after N introductions

Prompted by https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/arti/-/merge_requests/1429#note_2924485
2023-07-25 14:54:06 +01:00 · 2023-07-25 14:54:06 +01:00 · 3807b43791
parent 75cc7ccf22
commit 3807b43791
1 changed files with 3 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/doc/dev/notes/hssvc-ipt-algorithms.md
+++ b/doc/dev/notes/hssvc-ipt-algorithms.md
@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ rapidly churning through IPT candidates.)

 When we select a new IPT, we randomly choose a planned replacement time,
 after which it becomes `Retiring`.
+Additionally, any IPT becomes `Retiring`
+after it has been used for a certain number of introductions
+(c.f. C Tor `#define INTRO_POINT_MIN_LIFETIME_INTRODUCTIONS 16384`.)

 ## IPT states