From: Roy Badami <roy@gnomon•org.uk>
To: Matt Corallo <bitcoin-list@bluematt•me>
Cc: bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Area of Focus
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 10:08:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141220100816.GD7902@giles.gnomon.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54953A11.1060202@bluematt.me>
Why would we want to have anything to do with people who are hosting
malware? Or do I misunderstand?
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 08:57:53AM +0000, Matt Corallo wrote:
> There was recently some discussion around dnsseeds. Currently some
> dnsseeds are getting blocked by ISPs because the hosts they pick up
> (which run bitcoin core nodes) often run rather web servers alongside
> which serve malware or whatever else and thus end up on IP-based malware
> blacklists.
>
> Of course we really dont want to move off of DNS because it has this big
> built-in anonymity network where the DNS seed servers only get
> information about your ISP, not you, and its cached so you dont get as
> much information about how many users are making those requests.
>
> A potential solution might be supporting some subdomain which has
> results XORed with some constant mask to tweak the real IP.
>
> Additionally, it might be cool to stuff a TXT/AAAA/whatever record with
> a signature of the results provided by the DNSseed operator.
>
> Matt
>
> On 12/20/14 07:42, Will Bickford wrote:
> > Hi all, I'm looking to help with Bitcoin core development in my spare
> > time (a few hours per week).
> >
> > A little bit about me:
> > * I use C++ and Qt daily
> > * I love to automate and enhance software systems
> > * I enjoy root causing and fixing issues
> >
> > I saw Gavin say we needed help with testing in a Reddit AMA a while ago.
> > I'm curious where I can make the best impact. Any feedback would be
> > appreciated. Thanks!
> >
> > Will Bickford
> > "In Google We Trust"
> >
> >
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-20 10:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-20 7:42 Will Bickford
2014-12-20 8:57 ` Matt Corallo
2014-12-20 10:08 ` Roy Badami [this message]
2014-12-20 11:14 ` Jeremy Spilman
2014-12-20 21:20 ` Matt Corallo
2014-12-20 21:30 ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-12-20 18:27 ` Christian Decker
2014-12-20 21:26 ` Jeff Garzik
2014-12-20 22:37 ` Will Bickford
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