The Grapevine Project

steve jenson stevej@sieve.net
Wed, 05 Dec 2001 16:00:38 -0800


Stephen Blackheath wrote:

> We use a 'hash cash' technique
> (which we call "Solve A Hard Problem") for defence against
> denial-of-service attacks - the assumption being that legitimate nodes
> have more CPU power than attackers.


that seems like a silly assumption. What about DDoS?



regards,
steve