1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 281232d801..0233b0fc2f 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -1010,17 +1010,24 @@ void CConnman::AcceptConnection(const ListenSocket& hListenSocket) {
     // on all platforms.  Set it again here just to be sure.
     SetSocketNoDelay(hSocket);
 
-    int bannedlevel = m_banman ? m_banman->IsBannedLevel(addr) : 0;
-
-    // Don't accept connections from banned peers, but if our inbound slots aren't almost full, accept
-    // if the only banning reason was an automatic misbehavior ban.
-    if (!NetPermissions::HasFlag(permissionFlags, NetPermissionFlags::PF_NOBAN) && bannedlevel > ((nInbound + 1 < nMaxInbound) ? 1 : 0))
+    // Don't accept connections from banned peers.
+    bool banned = m_banman->IsBanned(addr);
+    if (!NetPermissions::HasFlag(permissionFlags, NetPermissionFlags::PF_NOBAN) && banned)
     {
         LogPrint(BCLog::NET, "connection from %s dropped (banned)\n", addr.ToString());
         CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return;
     }
 
+    // Only accept connections from discouraged peers if our inbound slots aren't (almost) full.
+    bool discouraged = m_banman->IsDiscouraged(addr);
+    if (!NetPermissions::HasFlag(permissionFlags, NetPermissionFlags::PF_NOBAN) && nInbound + 1 >= nMaxInbound && discouraged)
+    {
+        LogPrint(BCLog::NET, "connection from %s dropped (discouraged)\n", addr.ToString());
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (nInbound >= nMaxInbound)
     {
         if (!AttemptToEvictConnection()) {
@@ -1044,7 +1051,7 @@ void CConnman::AcceptConnection(const ListenSocket& hListenSocket) {
     pnode->m_permissionFlags = permissionFlags;
     // If this flag is present, the user probably expect that RPC and QT report it as whitelisted (backward compatibility)
     pnode->m_legacyWhitelisted = legacyWhitelisted;
-    pnode->m_prefer_evict = bannedlevel > 0;
+    pnode->m_prefer_evict = discouraged;
     m_msgproc->InitializeNode(pnode);
 
     LogPrint(BCLog::NET, "connection from %s accepted\n", addr.ToString());
@@ -2045,10 +2052,10 @@ void CConnman::OpenNetworkConnection(const CAddress& addrConnect, bool fCountFai
         return;
     }
     if (!pszDest) {
-        if (IsLocal(addrConnect) ||
-            FindNode(static_cast<CNetAddr>(addrConnect)) || (m_banman && m_banman->IsBanned(addrConnect)) ||
-            FindNode(addrConnect.ToStringIPPort()))
+        bool banned_or_discouraged = m_banman && (m_banman->IsDiscouraged(addrConnect) || m_banman->IsBanned(addrConnect));
+        if (IsLocal(addrConnect) || FindNode(static_cast<CNetAddr>(addrConnect)) || banned_or_discouraged || FindNode(addrConnect.ToStringIPPort())) {
             return;
+        }
     } else if (FindNode(std::string(pszDest)))
         return;