From: Brooks Boyd <boydb@midnightdesign•ws>
To: bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Tor / SPV
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:26:23 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANg-TZAyr8LyRQ5e4DpQA8fXEbGq6kxv=peB9oYB+bU_xA98ww@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANEZrP1iP6J5gczrQ-+Lzq4uohys7Rrfa0c5F0r-cqx3OJMDGg@mail.gmail.com>
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> My goal here is not necessarily to hide P2P nodes - we still need lots of
> clearnet P2P nodes for the forseeable future no matter what. Rather we're
> just using hidden services as a way to get authentication and encryption.
> Actually the 6-hop hidden service circuits are overkill for this
> application, a 3-hop circuit would work just as well for most nodes that
> aren't Tor-exclusive.
>
Ah, I see, so you're intending to use the Tor hidden services not for their
original purpose (hiding), but rather as as "authentication" (someone may
spoof my clearnet IP, but only I have the private key that makes this Tor
hidden service connect to me, so you can trust when you connect to it it's
really me). So if you trust the clearnet IP to be a friendly node, that
makes a more secure connection, but if you're already talking to a bad
node, moving the communication to Tor doesn't change that. I agree the
six-hop circuits would be overkill for that; I wonder if the network
slowdown you get on Tor will be worth the increased security? Yes, you'll
be more protected from MITM, but if this is widely adopted, would the
overall transactions/second the Bitcoin network could handle go down?
Brooks
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-01-16 2:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-15 22:51 Mike Hearn
2014-01-15 23:07 ` Brooks Boyd
2014-01-15 23:32 ` Mike Hearn
2014-01-16 2:26 ` Brooks Boyd [this message]
2014-01-16 4:30 ` Miron
2014-01-16 10:25 ` Mike Hearn
2014-01-16 3:54 ` Isidor Zeuner
2014-01-15 23:37 ` Robert McKay
2014-01-16 4:29 ` Miron
2014-01-16 4:40 ` Miron
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