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Diffstat (limited to 'src/netgroup.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/netgroup.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/netgroup.h b/src/netgroup.h index 46afc6e3c5..4e4edb8a88 100644 --- a/src/netgroup.h +++ b/src/netgroup.h @@ -22,8 +22,23 @@ public: * exists, since the data is const. */ const std::vector<bool>& GetAsmap() const { return m_asmap; } + /** + * Get the canonical identifier of the network group for address. + * + * The groups are assigned in a way where it should be costly for an attacker to + * obtain addresses with many different group identifiers, even if it is cheap + * to obtain addresses with the same identifier. + * + * @note No two connections will be attempted to addresses with the same network + * group. + */ std::vector<unsigned char> GetGroup(const CNetAddr& address) const; + /** + * Get the autonomous system on the BGP path to address. + * + * The ip->AS mapping depends on how asmap is constructed. + */ uint32_t GetMappedAS(const CNetAddr& address) const; private: |