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Some sites like Anna's Archive have .onion site for the Tor network, and others do not. Is there a considerable downside (DDOS?) to providing access to their s

by pkal 9mo ago

Some sites like Anna's Archive have .onion site for the Tor network, and others do not. Is there a considerable downside (DDOS?) to providing access to their site by those means?

flipped 9mo ago
I have seen Tor network take a hit when there's fight between darknet marketplaces. It's certainly an issue.
- m00dy 9mo ago
  not anymore. Most recent onion sites have enabled proof-of-work mechanism in place, so DDoS attacks are now expensive to carry out.
  - flipped 9mo ago
    I am aware of POW but that hasn't stopped the DDoS. If you look at chart from few months back, there was significant hit due to crazy DDoS carried out by DrugHub which was evident in a Dread post.
    - m00dy 9mo ago
      link the chart here, so I can take a look.
      - flipped 9mo ago
        https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-country.html https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-country.html look at the spikes.