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32Make each node test other nodes to see if they respond correctly before sending 32Make each node test other nodes to see if they respond correctly before sending
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43<slvr> DHT_hardening.txt > create thousands of "real" nodes that do nothing but
44shit up our DHT with fake crap.
45<slvr> This can be trivially solved by only storing verifiable data in the DHT.
46<slvr> there is one attack you have not considered, which is based on the Sybil
47attack
48<slvr> I am assuming the DHT does say... a hash of a key in order to determine
49which node to store data in, similar to Kad?
50<slvr> If there happens to be a malicious node at that DHT address, they might
51actively deny storing that data.
52<slvr> This can be reduced by storing data at multiple places in the DHT
53(equidistant points in DHT address space)
54<slvr> Since DHT addresses are public keys, it is computationally infeasible for
55an attacker to actively deny all storage locations.
56<slvr> Recommended reading: S/Kademlia: A Practicable Approach Towards Secure
57Key-Based Routing -- http://doc.tm.uka.de/2007/SKademlia_2007.pdf
58<biribiri> Type: application/pdf; Size: 202KiB; Updated: 2033d 19h 32m 5s ago
59(Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:28:18 GMT);
60<slvr> Tempering Kademlia with a Robust Identity Based System --
61http://www.di.unito.it/~ruffo/concorso/Papers/p2p08.pdf
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63(Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:30:28 GMT);
64<slvr> Also of interest: "An Analysis of BitTorrent's Two Kademlia-Based DHTs"
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66http://www.tribler.org/trac/raw-attachment/wiki/AutoUpgradeToLastestVersion/
67Measurement_of_Bittorrent_DHT_performance_and_deployed_clients.pdf
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