On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Oliver Egginger <bitc...@olivere.de> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using your bitcoin-qt client (version 0.8.1). Normally everything is > working pretty fine, but sometimes it seems that other nodes produce an > enormous amount of traffic. I have not had the time to investigate > thoroughly yet. I only have briefly viewed with tshark. > > So far I have just restarted the client in the hope that it no longer > connects with the 'evil' node. This usually works quite well. > > Is anything about DOS-Attacks known to you?
Many new users have started using the reference client which downloads the whole blockchain from peers. There currently isn't a throttling mechanism [1] so it's possible to quickly eat up your bandwidth. You can try QoS on your router or use the -nolisten command line flag. You will still relay transactions, just not serve the whole blockchain. [1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/273 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
