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Draft: Update Prop#324 for Flow Control improvements

Mike Perry requested to merge mikeperry/torspec:flow_control_updates_v3 into main
  • Specify rate advertisement of edge drain rate in XON, to minimize chatter
  • Limit the frequency of XON/XOFF with consensus parsams
  • Describe dropmark defenses using XON/XOFF limits
  • Describe how half-closed edge connections are handled with flow control
  • Describe flow control consensus parameters
  • Describe flow control shadow experiments and live comparison
  • Create and describe additional consensus parameters that will influence congestion control performance and memory usage
  • Clarify performance metrics involved in experiments
  • Remove some stale XXXs and TODOs

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