From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1R8dwy-00067u-Qj for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:08:20 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from zinan.dashjr.org ([173.242.112.54]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1R8dww-0007vU-I1 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:08:20 +0000 Received: from ishibashi.localnet (fl-184-4-160-40.dhcp.embarqhsd.net [184.4.160.40]) (Authenticated sender: luke-jr) by zinan.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 00C3420403B; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:08:12 +0000 (UTC) From: "Luke-Jr" To: Gavin Andresen Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:08:05 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.39-gentoo; KDE/4.6.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <201109261517.11245.luke@dashjr.org> In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: CE5A D56A 36CC 69FA E7D2 3558 665F C11D D53E 9583 X-PGP-Key-ID: 665FC11DD53E9583 X-PGP-Keyserver: x-hkp://subkeys.pgp.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201109271608.07053.luke@dashjr.org> X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -0.5 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain X-Headers-End: 1R8dww-0007vU-I1 Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Newly introduced DoS X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:08:20 -0000 What about this one? @@ -1276,13 +1278,13 @@ bool CBlock::AcceptBlock() // Get prev block index map::iterator mi = mapBlockIndex.find(hashPrevBlock); if (mi == mapBlockIndex.end()) - return error("AcceptBlock() : prev block not found"); + return DoS(10, error("AcceptBlock() : prev block not found")); Is it certain that it cannot be triggered by a peer having some huge number more blocks than you?