[tor-relays] increasing per IP tor instance limit (2 instances per one IPv4)

[teor]

> On 10 Jul 2017, at 06:25, nusenu <nusenu-lists at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> Roman Mamedov:
>> Another idea that I proposed some time ago is raising the
>> relay-per-IP limit
> 
> is there a trac ticket for this already?
> 
> AFAIR that limit primarily exists mainly to increase the price for Sybil
> attacks, but since they would be trivially detected (i.e. by OrNetRadar),
> I do not see why increasing that limit would hurt (much)

Only trivial sybils can be trivially detected by automated processes.

An attacker who gradually adds a server with a different config every
week or two benefits from this change: every extra relay per IPv4
address boosts the benefit of this attack.

T

--
Tim Wilson-Brown (teor)

teor2345 at gmail dot com
PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B
ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n
xmpp: teor at torproject dot org
------------------------------------------------------------------------



-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 801 bytes
Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP
URL: <http://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/attachments/20170710/ad0e8a1d/attachment.sig>