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authorPieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>2015-02-24 04:27:25 -0800
committerPieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>2015-02-24 04:35:13 -0800
commit85da07a5a001a563488382435202b74a3e3e964a (patch)
treed5f6e29e2f5aa01ebb964cd29e052644cdf09112 /src/main.cpp
parent8b298ca7d7540acc19d1df79a5c2af7b5aca8cbe (diff)
downloadbitcoin-85da07a5a001a563488382435202b74a3e3e964a.tar.xz
Better fingerprinting protection for non-main-chain getdatas.
With headers-first we can compare against the best header timestamp, rather than using checkpoints which require code updates to maintain.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/main.cpp')
-rw-r--r--src/main.cpp22
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 34b4c51d5f..b6a61f7da1 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3355,19 +3355,17 @@ void static ProcessGetData(CNode* pfrom)
BlockMap::iterator mi = mapBlockIndex.find(inv.hash);
if (mi != mapBlockIndex.end())
{
- // If the requested block is at a height below our last
- // checkpoint, only serve it if it's in the checkpointed chain
- int nHeight = mi->second->nHeight;
- CBlockIndex* pcheckpoint = Checkpoints::GetLastCheckpoint();
- if (pcheckpoint && nHeight < pcheckpoint->nHeight) {
- if (!chainActive.Contains(mi->second))
- {
- LogPrintf("ProcessGetData(): ignoring request for old block that isn't in the main chain\n");
- } else {
- send = true;
- }
- } else {
+ if (chainActive.Contains(mi->second)) {
send = true;
+ } else {
+ // To prevent fingerprinting attacks, only send blocks outside of the active
+ // chain if they are valid, and no more than a month older than the best header
+ // chain we know about.
+ send = mi->second->IsValid(BLOCK_VALID_SCRIPTS) && (pindexBestHeader != NULL) &&
+ (mi->second->GetBlockTime() > pindexBestHeader->GetBlockTime() - 30 * 24 * 60 * 60);
+ if (!send) {
+ LogPrintf("ProcessGetData(): ignoring request from peer=%i for old block that isn't in the main chain\n", pfrom->GetId());
+ }
}
}
if (send)