Lee Duna to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 2 years agoqBittorrent 4.6 launches with I2P support - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1505
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoHow are nodes chosen by the client? What stops governments/LEO/copyright dragons from spinning up thousands of the fastest/most accessable i2p nodes so that clients connect to them first, then these hosts log the traffic paths to identify origin/destination?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoprobably nothing besides the cost. same thing happened to TOR.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agohttps://geti2p.net/en/docs/how/threat-model#sybil Good write-up from the I2P team on this topic. Page includes other attack vectors as well.
How are nodes chosen by the client?
What stops governments/LEO/copyright dragons from spinning up thousands of the fastest/most accessable i2p nodes so that clients connect to them first, then these hosts log the traffic paths to identify origin/destination?
probably nothing besides the cost. same thing happened to TOR.
https://geti2p.net/en/docs/how/threat-model#sybil
Good write-up from the I2P team on this topic. Page includes other attack vectors as well.