From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XFXCn-0002c8-CB for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:34:45 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from mail-la0-f52.google.com ([209.85.215.52]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1XFXCm-0007qU-8s for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:34:45 +0000 Received: by mail-la0-f52.google.com with SMTP id b17so3027325lan.11 for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:34:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=lYmiKm4Ad2Dsicq4NBQekjLqXGBCa9Id5OFhd4SpHPc=; b=gyyB5/xTmOgmD35pybKSf2xWEldpXJaC5YuZACnvUWacWpCxiNM7kqvo+w09AntYaQ EYKQzzXvkWOfe+Mdsi9ILxqm1YWk1lZIUD1pa6RrQwcbTMA0qS6p2VM1+luppYmrQgNt Bhqqjt7sIGlanAiIBGTAfwsCGb/u6CTuA5lNi//PSgKZQGKZHVJTRb+CSe/+v+XMQvMQ idK0Wl5xPT90ZAga+axiKIyvjEWisC+odBiNwiU6VDNu2R1f/ovVVaQuqoiKHOSg0Xkl 0pqsX02Qd+zndwLO9KNyneJAZeYUGnfLYT03psuZYT3V6svkFWIGSxxNznpsKBzDRgA1 TsTw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmDe/csJbzVDGUqmGWBx2It2+rkRmKjdcXeWVmWFS/0JwyuoRcBeFgJD+/26Ow81/fLPrDt X-Received: by 10.112.205.200 with SMTP id li8mr3966719lbc.70.1407452581314; Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:03:01 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.136.131 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Aug 2014 16:02:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Pedro Worcel Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 11:02:21 +1200 Message-ID: To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c3c84425d9a305001217f6 X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message X-Headers-End: 1XFXCm-0007qU-8s Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Miners MiTM 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: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:34:45 -0000 --001a11c3c84425d9a305001217f6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi there, I was wondering if you guys have come across this article: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/isp-bitcoin-theft/ The TL;DR is that somebody is abusing the BGP protocol to be in a position where they can intercept the miner traffic. The concerning point is that they seem to be having some degree of success in their endeavour and earning profits from it. I do not understand the impact of this (I don't know much about BGP, the mining protocol nor anything else, really), but I thought it might be worth putting it up here. Ta, Pedro --001a11c3c84425d9a305001217f6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi there,

I was wondering if you guys have come across = this article:

http://www.= wired.com/2014/08/isp-bitcoin-theft/

The TL;DR is that somebody= is abusing the BGP protocol to be in a position where they can intercept t= he miner traffic. The concerning point is that they seem to be having some = degree of success in their endeavour and earning profits from it.

I do not understand the impact of this (I don't know much about BGP= , the mining protocol nor anything else, really), but I thought it might be= worth putting it up here.

Ta,
Pedro

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