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Eric Voskuil 2017-02-07 13:55:21 -08:00
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@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ This is an incorrect assumption. Peers of older versions should (and some do) va
It is also incorrect to assume that older protocol versions will cease to exist. It is perfectly reasonable for ancient versions of protocols to continue to operate. These protocols do not have expiration dates. New implementations can and do support configurable lower protocols levels than 70002.
If this precedent is allowed to hold the network is subject to trivial DOS attacks. The requirement to treat invalid messages as valid precludes a node from dropping the peer due to incorrect behavior. This statement should be struck (and offending implementations should be fixed so that they do not intentionally send invalid messages).
If this precedent is allowed to hold the network is subject to trivial DOS attacks. The requirement to treat invalid messages as valid precludes a node from dropping the peer due to incorrect behavior. This statement should be struck (and offending implementations should be fixed so that they do not intentionally send invalid messages).
--Eric Voskuil, 2017-02-07