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Don't use random DHT IDs #6

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inetic opened this issue Mar 31, 2022 · 0 comments

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inetic commented Mar 31, 2022

There is an extension that suggests how to derive these IDs based on the IP address

http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0042.html

Not implementing it may:

have us ignored by BT nodes that check for it
make us susceptible to the attacks discussed in the extension

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