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One question that always comes up for me with DHT backed systems is resistance to DOS attacks. Making any P2P system resistant to DOS/DDOS is brutally difficult
by api 5y ago
One question that always comes up for me with DHT backed systems is resistance to DOS attacks. Making any P2P system resistant to DOS/DDOS is brutally difficult, but DHTs have always seemed especially vulnerable to a sophisticated attacker. A hybrid sybil/DDOS attack seems like it could down the network easily.
The Internet is a dark forest. Anything that gets popular will be attacked. The fact that it does not have a single owner may reduce the chances of ransom as a motive, but it doesn't reduce the chances of all attacker profiles including just "griefing."