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0 pointsm00dy2mo ago0 comments

not anymore. Most recent onion sites have enabled proof-of-work mechanism in place, so DDoS attacks are now expensive to carry out.

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flipped2mo ago

I am aware of POW but that hasn't stopped the DDoS. If you look at chart from few months back, there was significant hit due to crazy DDoS carried out by DrugHub which was evident in a Dread post.

m00dyOP2mo ago

link the chart here, so I can take a look.

flipped2mo ago

https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-country.html look at the spikes.

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0 pointsm00dy2mo ago0 comments

not anymore. Most recent onion sites have enabled proof-of-work mechanism in place, so DDoS attacks are now expensive to carry out.

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flipped2mo ago

I am aware of POW but that hasn't stopped the DDoS. If you look at chart from few months back, there was significant hit due to crazy DDoS carried out by DrugHub which was evident in a Dread post.

m00dyOP2mo ago

link the chart here, so I can take a look.

flipped2mo ago

https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-country.html look at the spikes.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse