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-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Yx7Kd-0005ne-PH for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 26 May 2015 05:23:15 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of dashjr.org designates 85.234.147.28 as permitted sender) client-ip=85.234.147.28; envelope-from=luke@dashjr.org; helo=zinan.dashjr.org; Received: from 85-234-147-28.static.as29550.net ([85.234.147.28] helo=zinan.dashjr.org) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1Yx7Kc-00079n-Nx for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 26 May 2015 05:23:15 +0000 Received: from ishibashi.localnet (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:5:265:61b6:56a6:b03d:28d6]) (Authenticated sender: luke-jr) by zinan.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1753C108039B; Tue, 26 May 2015 05:23:07 +0000 (UTC) From: Luke Dashjr To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 05:23:04 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.14.41-gentoo; KDE/4.14.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <2916218.tfdjj1Sv9m@crushinator> In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: E463 A93F 5F31 17EE DE6C 7316 BD02 9424 21F4 889F X-PGP-Key-ID: BD02942421F4889F X-PGP-Keyserver: hkp://pgp.mit.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201505260523.05104.luke@dashjr.org> X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 0.0 TVD_RCVD_IP Message was received from an IP address -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record X-Headers-End: 1Yx7Kc-00079n-Nx Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Zero-Conf for Full Node Discovery 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, 26 May 2015 05:23:15 -0000 On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 4:46:22 AM Kevin Greene wrote: > This is something you actually don't want. In order to make it as difficult > as possible for an attacker to perform a sybil attack, you want to choose a > set of peers that is as diverse, and unpredictable as possible. It doesn't hurt to have a local node or two, though. Might as well to improve propagation, while maintaining the other peers to avoid sybil attacks. Luke