From e8709bbd441f687a6e5669d7e1132620be059c47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Voskuil Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 13:55:21 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add signature line. --- Comments:BIP-0061.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Comments:BIP-0061.md b/Comments:BIP-0061.md index e6dfe58..57bbf11 100644 --- a/Comments:BIP-0061.md +++ b/Comments:BIP-0061.md @@ -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). \ No newline at end of file +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 \ No newline at end of file