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I didn't know Tor, Bittorrent and Bitcoin use laws to protect themselves from DoS.
by oleganza 12y ago
I didn't know Tor, Bittorrent and Bitcoin use laws to protect themselves from DoS.
- rdl 12y agoThey do in that the organizations involved clearly dissociate themselves from running critical operational infrastructure, or getting involved with the potentially-illegal activities enabled by their tools. If Tor Project ran a large number of Tor nodes directly, they'd be open to very simple legal attacks.
- JshWright 12y agoThose are protocols, not companies or even services... That's like saying ZRTP or SCIMP are using laws to protect themselves... There are certainly examples of companies using the protocols you listed that have chosen where they operate with great care...