indeed. thanks mr. Digledine.
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Roger Dingledine <a...@mit.edu> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 08:00:37AM -0200, Noilson Caio wrote: > > https://www.csis.dk/en/csis/blog/4103/ > > > > I know that amplification attacks are not problems in the Tor network > > (Enter one > > bit comes out a bit). DDOS tools originated in the Tor network tend to > clog > > the output nodes. Correct ? > > Yes: > https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq-abuse#DDoS > > That said, not all ddos attacks involve just simple flooding with > traffic. Some of the attacks described on your url use very little > traffic, e.g. instead relying on clogging up the cpu of the target > machine by asking it to provide complex answers. > > The right answer to those attacks is "then don't design your services > that way", but for many currently deployed services that's a long-term > dream, not a short-term fix. > > *That* said, I would expect bots in this situation to use Tor for C&C, > and do the distributed attacks directly. It's pretty silly to do a > "distributed" attack from 5000 places but then funnel it all into Tor. > > Or said more clearly, if you have a botnet, use it -- you don't need Tor. > > --Roger > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- Noilson Caio Teixeira de Araújo http://ncaio.wordpress <http://ncaio.ithub.com.br>.com<http://ncaio.ithub.com.br> http://br.linkedin.com/in/ncaio http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/by/ncaio http://www.dicas-l.com.br/autores/noilsoncaioteixeiradearaujo.php -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
