Introducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | Tor Project
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Today, we are officially introducing a proof-of-work (PoW) defense for onion services designed to prioritize verified network traffic as a deterrent against denial of service (DoS) attacks with the release of Tor 0.4.8.

This is a new PoW protocol that will be used to defend against DDOSs

    • @jdaxeEnglish
      3•10 months ago

      VPN shouldn’t make a difference

        • @kugiyasan@lemmy.oneEnglish
          1•10 months ago

          Probably if your country judges illegal to connect to the tor network, but not on a VPN. Iirc, a bridge could also hide the fact that you’re connecting to the tor network tho

  • Detun3dEnglish
    2•10 months ago

    It’s an interesting feature and will be eager to see it in action. Surely hope it stays dormant most of the time though.