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+ o Security fixes:
+ - Directory authorities now use data collected from rephist when
+ choosing whether to assign the HSDir flag to relays, instead of
+ trusting the uptime value the relay reports in its descriptor.
+ This helps prevent an attack where relatively few malaicious
+ nodes can blackhole any given hidden service. Bugfix on
+ 0.2.0.10-alpha; fixes bug 2709.