Introducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | Tor Project
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Today, we are officially introducing a proof-of-work (PoW) defense for onion services designed to prioritize verified network traffic as a deterrent against denial of service (DoS) attacks with the release of Tor 0.4.8.

This is a new PoW protocol that will be used to defend against DDOSs

      • @GregoryTheGreatEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        It may if the IP is being shared with a lot of tor users or an attacker.

        Why use a VPN to access tor though.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•1 year ago

          Probably if your country judges illegal to connect to the tor network, but not on a VPN. Iirc, a bridge could also hide the fact that you’re connecting to the tor network tho

  • Detun3dEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    It’s an interesting feature and will be eager to see it in action. Surely hope it stays dormant most of the time though.