From: Kevin Greene <kgreenek@gmail•com>
To: Matt Whitlock <bip@mattwhitlock•name>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Zero-Conf for Full Node Discovery
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 22:12:04 -0700 [thread overview]
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This is true, but the device doesn't know if the LAN it's on is a safe
network or a hotel wifi, for example. So there would be a tricky UX there.
You'd have to ask the user during set up if this is a trusted LAN or not;
or something like that. That may not be an issue though depending on the
nature of the product. For example, Chromecast doesn't need any security
protections against trolls on the same LAN. I guess it just depends on what
you're planning to build.
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Matt Whitlock <bip@mattwhitlock•name>
wrote:
> Who would be performing a Sybil attack against themselves? We're talking
> about a LAN here. All the nodes would be under the control of the same
> entity. In that case, you actually want them all connecting solely to a
> central hub node on the LAN, and the hub node should connect to "diverse
> and unpredictable" other nodes on the Bitcoin network.
>
>
> On Monday, 25 May 2015, at 9:46 pm, Kevin Greene wrote:
> > This is something you actually don't want. In order to make it as
> difficult
> > as possible for an attacker to perform a sybil attack, you want to
> choose a
> > set of peers that is as diverse, and unpredictable as possible.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Matt Whitlock <bip@mattwhitlock•name>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > This is very simple to do. Just ping the "all nodes" address (ff02::1)
> and
> > > try connecting to TCP port 8333 of each node that responds. Shouldn't
> take
> > > but more than a few milliseconds on any but the most densely populated
> LANs.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Monday, 25 May 2015, at 11:06 pm, Jim Phillips wrote:
> > > > Is there any work being done on using some kind of zero-conf service
> > > > discovery protocol so that lightweight clients can find a full node
> on
> > > the
> > > > same LAN to peer with rather than having to tie up WAN bandwidth?
> > > >
> > > > I envision a future where lightweight devices within a home use SPV
> over
> > > > WiFi to connect with a home server which in turn relays the
> transactions
> > > > they create out to the larger and faster relays on the Internet.
> > > >
> > > > In a situation where there are hundreds or thousands of small SPV
> devices
> > > > in a single home (if 21, Inc. is successful) monitoring the
> blockchain,
> > > > this could result in lower traffic across the slow WAN connection.
> And
> > > > yes, I realize it could potentially take a LOT of these devices
> before
> > > the
> > > > total bandwidth is greater than downloading a full copy of the
> > > blockchain,
> > > > but there's other reasons to host your own full node -- trust being
> one.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > *James G. Phillips IV*
> > > > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/113107039501292625391/posts>
> > > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ergophobe>
> > > >
> > > > *"Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of
> > > immortals."
> > > > -- David Ogilvy*
> > > >
> > > > *This message was created with 100% recycled electrons. Please think
> > > twice
> > > > before printing.*
> > >
> > >
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-26 5:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-26 4:06 Jim Phillips
2015-05-26 4:37 ` Matt Whitlock
2015-05-26 4:46 ` Kevin Greene
2015-05-26 4:56 ` Matt Whitlock
2015-05-26 5:12 ` Kevin Greene [this message]
2015-05-26 5:23 ` Luke Dashjr
2015-05-26 4:48 ` Jim Phillips
2015-05-26 4:52 ` Matt Whitlock
2015-05-26 5:15 ` Peter Todd
2015-05-26 5:47 ` Matt Whitlock
2015-05-26 10:48 ` Mike Hearn
2015-05-27 10:16 ` Louis Rossouw
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