[tor-relays] A new kind of attack?

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Hi,

I just received a DDOS attack on a pretty settled exit relay.
Who DDOS a Exit relay but the state or victim of it potential abuses?


Here the relay is in India.

Thank you for sharing this observation.
I firmly believe in the similar situation applying.

On 16.01.2024 15:29, lists at for-privacy.net wrote:
> On Montag, 15. Januar 2024 23:19:37 CET Chris Enkidu-6 wrote:
>> I've noticed a new kind of possible attack on some of my relays, as
>> early as Dec.23 which causes huge spikes of outbound traffic
>> 
>> I have included charts and excerpts from the log in my post in Tor 
>> forum
>> at below link:
>> 
>> https://forum.torproject.org/t/new-kind-of-attack/11122
> 
> This seems to be related to what we already had in September:
> https://forum.torproject.org/t/excessive-unbalanced-relay-traffic/9291
> 
> It is always only intermittent and only some off my relays are 
> affected.
> https://forum.torproject.org/t/excessive-unbalanced-relay-traffic/9291/8
> 
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