Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.7 merge recommendations/status

From: Pieter Wuille <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:08:47 +0200

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:54:02PM +0200, Pieter Wuille wrote:
> Something else was suggested by Jeff: what if a node accidentally connects to itself?
> As we're moving towards multiple local addresses with IPv6, the chances for this
> become larger. Finally, there are always extra risks involved, as we could unknowingly
> be opening DoS or others vulnerabilities.

My mistake: I mean two nodes connecting twice to eachother. There is already protection
against a node connecting to itself.

-- 
Pieter