zquestz@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoIntroducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | Tor Projectblog.torproject.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarefogetaboutit@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·1 year agoHuh, who wouldve thought this is how PoW would actually be used
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-21 year agoThe creators, actually. The concept was invented by Moni Naor and Cynthia Dwork in 1993 as a way to deter denial-of-service attacks and other service abuses such as spam on a network by requiring some work from a service requester.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoAt least it’s only used when the server is getting stressed.
Huh, who wouldve thought this is how PoW would actually be used
The creators, actually.
At least it’s only used when the server is getting stressed.