On Fri, Oct 24, 2014, at 04:47 AM, Delyan Kratunov wrote: > > Perhaps udpgw instances can be run along side all Tor exit nodes? > > Isn't the DDoS potential extremely high if Tor allows UDP? Since there's > no > flow control with the end server, a malicious client can establish > multiple > circuits, all spamming traffic, turning the exit nodes into a botnet. > Tor's > fundamental design can't protect against this, right? It's > indistinguishable > from, say, a massive amount of unidirectional SIP traffic.
Definitely a possibility. DDoS over Tor is already a problem (see LOIC), but perhaps UDP support would exacerbate that beyond what is manageable. > Also, I question how usable udpgw would be for realtime voice or video > communication from a mobile device. Wrapping traffic meant to be > "droppable" > into TCP means video frames coming way too late, retransmits within the > Tor > network and all sorts of other issues the protocols may not be equipped > to > handle. >From my early tests it is not so bad, especially with efficient codecs like Codec2. -- Nathan of Guardian [email protected] _______________________________________________ Guardian-dev mailing list Post: [email protected] List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev To Unsubscribe Send email to: [email protected] Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/guardian-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com You are subscribed as: [email protected]
