New PoW protocol implementation for onion services
New PoW protocol implementation for onion services
blog.torproject.org Introducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | Tor Project
Today, we are officially introducing a proof-of-work (PoW) defense for onion services designed to prioritize verified network traffic as a deterrent against denial of service (DoS) attacks with the release of Tor 0.4.8.
This is a new PoW protocol that will be used to defend against DDOSs
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It's an interesting feature and will be eager to see it in action. Surely hope it stays dormant most of the time though.
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