Episode notes
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors discuss the Erebus Attack. The episode is a follow-up from last week’s episode on Eclipse Attacks, a type of attack that isolates a Bitcoin node by occupying all of its connection slots to block the node from receiving any transactions. Erebus Attacks are Eclipse Attacks where an attacker essentially spoofs a whole part of the internet.
Chapters
00:00:00 The Erebus attack
00:01:15 Eclipse attacks and IP diversity recap
00:03:24 Autonomous systems and internet bottlenecks
00:07:07 How Erebus eclipses a node
00:08:07 Mapping internet routes with RIPE
00:10:21 Compressing bottlenecks with ASMap
00:12:35 Using and auditing ASMap in Bitcoin Core
00:13:36 Stronger peer diversity and remaining limits
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Music:
Song Title: Segwit Sounds
By: The NakamoTones
Album: Citadel Music
Produced by: Bitcoin Audio
