I think it's potentially possible to DDoS hidden service if it's dynamic site and simple cannot server ENOUGH requests per second <br>(i.e. overload number of apache processes,etc)<br>of course sometimes it's possible to place hidden service on EC2 with load-balacing and nodes autostartup on demand but it's costly...<br>
Also issue of hidden service keeping A LOT of connections open - is someone checked how this work will?<br>Is there any statistic on any even remotely popular hidden services available?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/11/6 Ted Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:teddks@gmail.com">teddks@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">In a similar vein, I've heard rumors of DDoS being attempted on hidden<br>
service targets. My initial reaction was that this would just DoS the<br>
network, but is there any chance I'm wrong?<br>
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On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 07:12 +0600, Dmitriy Kazimirov wrote:<br>
> Btw, about policy,<br>
> I'm curious what will happen if highly popular(equivalent web site has<br>
> dedicated server and utilize it) hidden service will be created. Could<br>
> Tor network carry such load?<br>
> (if site content for download is rather small files,less than Mb in<br>
> general)<br>
><br>
> 2008/11/6 Roger Dingledine <<a href="mailto:arma@mit.edu">arma@mit.edu</a>><br>
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 11:51:40PM +0100, <a href="mailto:dr._no@cool.ms">dr._no@cool.ms</a><br>
> wrote:<br>
> > is there any documented case of a DDoS attack via TOR or is<br>
> > a DDoS attack via TOR only an urban legend?<br>
><br>
><br>
> It doesn't make any sense to DDoS people over Tor. It wouldn't<br>
> work.<br>
><br>
> See also <a href="https://www.torproject.org/faq-abuse#DDoS" target="_blank">https://www.torproject.org/faq-abuse#DDoS</a><br>
><br>
> --Roger<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> --<br>
> Best Regards,<br>
><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>--<br>Best Regards,<br>Dmitriy Kazimirov,<br>Senior C++/C# Developer<br>of ISS Art, Ltd., Omsk, Russia<br>Web: <a href="http://www.issart.com">http://www.issart.com</a><br>
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