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Diffstat (limited to 'src/or/dns.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/or/dns.c | 30 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/src/or/dns.c b/src/or/dns.c index 5f9813b912..41a6dfd0a4 100644 --- a/src/or/dns.c +++ b/src/or/dns.c @@ -243,29 +243,19 @@ has_dns_init_failed(void) } /** Helper: Given a TTL from a DNS response, determine what TTL to give the - * OP that asked us to resolve it. */ + * OP that asked us to resolve it, and how long to cache that record + * ourselves. */ uint32_t dns_clip_ttl(uint32_t ttl) { - if (ttl < MIN_DNS_TTL) - return MIN_DNS_TTL; - else if (ttl > MAX_DNS_TTL) - return MAX_DNS_TTL; - else - return ttl; -} - -/** Helper: Given a TTL from a DNS response, determine how long to hold it in - * our cache. */ -STATIC uint32_t -dns_get_expiry_ttl(uint32_t ttl) -{ - if (ttl < MIN_DNS_TTL) - return MIN_DNS_TTL; - else if (ttl > MAX_DNS_ENTRY_AGE) - return MAX_DNS_ENTRY_AGE; + /* This logic is a defense against "DefectTor" DNS-based traffic + * confirmation attacks, as in https://nymity.ch/tor-dns/tor-dns.pdf . + * We only give two values: a "low" value and a "high" value. + */ + if (ttl < MIN_DNS_TTL_AT_EXIT) + return MIN_DNS_TTL_AT_EXIT; else - return ttl; + return MAX_DNS_TTL_AT_EXIT; } /** Helper: free storage held by an entry in the DNS cache. */ @@ -1317,7 +1307,7 @@ make_pending_resolve_cached(cached_resolve_t *resolve) resolve->ttl_hostname < ttl) ttl = resolve->ttl_hostname; - set_expiry(new_resolve, time(NULL) + dns_get_expiry_ttl(ttl)); + set_expiry(new_resolve, time(NULL) + dns_clip_ttl(ttl)); } assert_cache_ok(); |