aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/src/net.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'src/net.h')
-rw-r--r--src/net.h28
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 0026e402c2..5b3568fcaf 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ public:
bool fDisconnect;
protected:
int nRefCount;
+
+ // Denial-of-service detection/prevention
+ // Key is ip address, value is banned-until-time
+ static std::map<unsigned int, int64> setBanned;
+ static CCriticalSection cs_setBanned;
+ int nMisbehavior;
+
public:
int64 nReleaseTime;
std::map<uint256, CRequestTracker> mapRequests;
@@ -148,7 +155,6 @@ public:
// publish and subscription
std::vector<char> vfSubscribe;
-
CNode(SOCKET hSocketIn, CAddress addrIn, bool fInboundIn=false)
{
nServices = 0;
@@ -185,6 +191,7 @@ public:
nStartingHeight = -1;
fGetAddr = false;
vfSubscribe.assign(256, false);
+ nMisbehavior = 0;
// Be shy and don't send version until we hear
if (!fInbound)
@@ -568,6 +575,25 @@ public:
void CancelSubscribe(unsigned int nChannel);
void CloseSocketDisconnect();
void Cleanup();
+
+
+ // Denial-of-service detection/prevention
+ // The idea is to detect peers that are behaving
+ // badly and disconnect/ban them, but do it in a
+ // one-coding-mistake-won't-shatter-the-entire-network
+ // way.
+ // IMPORTANT: There should be nothing I can give a
+ // node that it will forward on that will make that
+ // node's peers drop it. If there is, an attacker
+ // can isolate a node and/or try to split the network.
+ // Dropping a node for sending stuff that is invalid
+ // now but might be valid in a later version is also
+ // dangerous, because it can cause a network split
+ // between nodes running old code and nodes running
+ // new code.
+ static void ClearBanned(); // needed for unit testing
+ static bool IsBanned(unsigned int ip);
+ bool Misbehaving(int howmuch); // 1 == a little, 100 == a lot
};