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A sane default that better protects users could be...

If (plugged into power) && (wifi) then non-bloom peers are OK.  It would
protect those users more than reliance upon on the smaller subset of bloom
nodes.  Scale back to the less secure behavior when battery and bandwidth
matters.

Warren


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net> wrote:

> That change was made in response to user complaints. Heck we get
> complaints about battery life and bandwidth impact even with Bloom
> filtering. We can't just randomly start using peoples bandwidth for
> relaying blocks, especially as I guess most SPV nodes are behind NAT.
>
> If Gavin is right and the future is dominated by mobiles and tablets, then
> it will require a change of thinking in how P2P networks work. I think
> there are plenty of people with private servers who would be willing to run
> nodes though. I'm not too worried about this.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Warren Togami Jr. <wtogami@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> bitcoinj-0.10 release notes:
>>
>>    - We now require Bloom-capable (0.8+) peers by default and will
>>    disconnect from older nodes. This avoids accidental bandwidth saturation on
>>    mobile devices.
>>
>> Given the user-security concern that Peter brings up, reconsideration of
>> this new default behavior in SPV clients may be warranted.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:01:16AM -0400, Peter Todd wrote:
>>> > Doing this also makes it more difficult to sybil the network - for
>>> > instance right now you can create "SPV honeypots" that allow incoming
>>> > connections only from SPV nodes, thus attracting a disproportionate %
>>> of
>>> > the total SPV population given a relatively small number of nodes. You
>>> > can then use that to harm SPV nodes by, for instance, making a % of
>>> > transactions be dropped deterministicly, either by the bloom matching
>>> > code, or when sent. Users unlucky enough to be surrounded by sybil
>>> nodes
>>> > will have their transactions mysteriously fail to arrive in their
>>> > wallets, or have their transactions mysteriously never confirm. Given
>>> > how few full nodes there are, it probably won't take very many
>>> honeypots
>>> > to pull off this attack, especially if you combine it with a
>>> > simultaneous max connections or bloom io attack to degrade the capacity
>>> > of honest nodes.
>>>
>>> Oh, here's an even better way to do the "tx drop" attack: when you drop
>>> a transaction, make a fake one that pays the same scriptPubKeys with the
>>> same amount, and send it to the SPV peer instead. They'll see the
>>> transaction go through and show up in their wallet, but it'll look like
>>> it got stuck and never confirmed. They'll soon wind up with a wallet
>>> full of useless transactions, effectively locking them out of their
>>> money.
>>>
>>> Here's another question for you Mike: So does bitcoinj have any
>>> protections against peers flooding you with useless garbage? It'd be
>>> easy to rack up a user's data bill for instance by just creating junk
>>> unconfirmed transactions matching the bloom filter.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>A sane default that better protects users could be...=
</div><div><br></div><div>If (plugged into power) &amp;&amp; (wifi) then no=
n-bloom peers are OK. =C2=A0It would protect those users more than reliance=
 upon on the smaller subset of bloom nodes. =C2=A0Scale back to the less se=
cure behavior when battery and bandwidth matters.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Warren</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br>=
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Mike Hearn =
<span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mike@plan99.net" target=3D"_blank">=
mike@plan99.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">That change was made in res=
ponse to user complaints. Heck we get complaints about battery life and ban=
dwidth impact even with Bloom filtering. We can&#39;t just randomly start u=
sing peoples bandwidth for relaying blocks, especially as I guess most SPV =
nodes are behind NAT.<div>

<br></div><div>If Gavin is right and the future is dominated by mobiles and=
 tablets, then it will require a change of thinking in how P2P networks wor=
k. I think there are plenty of people with private servers who would be wil=
ling to run nodes though. I&#39;m not too worried about this.</div>

</div><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><b=
r><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Warren To=
gami Jr. <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:wtogami@gmail.com" target=
=3D"_blank">wtogami@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">bitcoinj-0.10 release notes=
:<div><ul style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.80000019073486=
3px;padding-left:25px;max-width:62em">

<li style=3D"margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:0.3em">We now require Bloom-cap=
able (0.8+) peers by default and will disconnect from older nodes. This avo=
ids accidental bandwidth saturation on mobile devices.</li>
</ul><div><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Given the user-security concern =
that Peter brings up, reconsideration of this new default behavior in SPV c=
lients may be warranted.</font></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class=
=3D"gmail_extra">


<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div><div>On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:15 A=
M, Peter Todd <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:pete@petertodd.org" t=
arget=3D"_blank">pete@petertodd.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div>
</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-l=
eft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>
<div>On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:01:16AM -0400, Peter Todd wrote:<br>
&gt; Doing this also makes it more difficult to sybil the network - for<br>
&gt; instance right now you can create &quot;SPV honeypots&quot; that allow=
 incoming<br>
&gt; connections only from SPV nodes, thus attracting a disproportionate % =
of<br>
&gt; the total SPV population given a relatively small number of nodes. You=
<br>
&gt; can then use that to harm SPV nodes by, for instance, making a % of<br=
>
&gt; transactions be dropped deterministicly, either by the bloom matching<=
br>
&gt; code, or when sent. Users unlucky enough to be surrounded by sybil nod=
es<br>
&gt; will have their transactions mysteriously fail to arrive in their<br>
&gt; wallets, or have their transactions mysteriously never confirm. Given<=
br>
&gt; how few full nodes there are, it probably won&#39;t take very many hon=
eypots<br>
&gt; to pull off this attack, especially if you combine it with a<br>
&gt; simultaneous max connections or bloom io attack to degrade the capacit=
y<br>
&gt; of honest nodes.<br>
<br>
</div>Oh, here&#39;s an even better way to do the &quot;tx drop&quot; attac=
k: when you drop<br>
a transaction, make a fake one that pays the same scriptPubKeys with the<br=
>
same amount, and send it to the SPV peer instead. They&#39;ll see the<br>
transaction go through and show up in their wallet, but it&#39;ll look like=
<br>
it got stuck and never confirmed. They&#39;ll soon wind up with a wallet<br=
>
full of useless transactions, effectively locking them out of their<br>
money.<br>
<br>
Here&#39;s another question for you Mike: So does bitcoinj have any<br>
protections against peers flooding you with useless garbage? It&#39;d be<br=
>
easy to rack up a user&#39;s data bill for instance by just creating junk<b=
r>
unconfirmed transactions matching the bloom filter.<br>
<div><div><br>
--<br>
&#39;peter&#39;[:-1]@<a href=3D"http://petertodd.org" target=3D"_blank">pet=
ertodd.org</a><br>
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