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Title: Are there any tools for simulating attacks on Bitcoin network? Post by: ThePiachu on February 27, 2012, 08:05:03 PM I'm working on my thesis about Bitcoin security, and I'm wondering if there is any software available for simulating various attacks on Bitcoin network / testnet?
Title: Re: Are there any tools for simulating attacks on Bitcoin network? Post by: marked on February 27, 2012, 08:39:56 PM I'm working on my thesis about Bitcoin security, and I'm wondering if there is any software available for simulating various attacks on Bitcoin network / testnet? Doesn't gavinandresen have a protocol fuzzer? marked Title: Re: Are there any tools for simulating attacks on Bitcoin network? Post by: Gavin Andresen on February 28, 2012, 04:15:18 PM Doesn't gavinandresen have a protocol fuzzer? https://github.com/gavinandresen/bitcoin-git/tree/fuzzer ... but it is pretty narrowly targeted at stress-testing the transaction validity code. Last year at the NYC conference I mentioned that I would really like to see somebody who knows a lot more about network simulation than I do develop tools to help test proposed protocol changes, simulate Sybil or DoS attacks, etc. I'd still really like to see that... Title: Re: Are there any tools for simulating attacks on Bitcoin network? Post by: Matthew N. Wright on February 28, 2012, 04:16:58 PM Doesn't gavinandresen have a protocol fuzzer? https://github.com/gavinandresen/bitcoin-git/tree/fuzzer ... but it is pretty narrowly targeted at stress-testing the transaction validity code. Last year at the NYC conference I mentioned that I would really like to see somebody who knows a lot more about network simulation than I do develop tools to help test proposed protocol changes, simulate Sybil or DoS attacks, etc. I'd still really like to see that... Title: Re: Are there any tools for simulating attacks on Bitcoin network? Post by: nibor on February 29, 2012, 11:19:37 PM I created this...
https://github.com/n1bor/bitcoin-simulation Was just to simulate how Address messages propagated. Also simulates how transactions/blocks get sent. Could easily adapt to see what happens if someone tries to dos the network. Title: Re: Are there any tools for simulating attacks on Bitcoin network? Post by: Disposition on March 01, 2012, 07:51:50 PM Doesn't gavinandresen have a protocol fuzzer? https://github.com/gavinandresen/bitcoin-git/tree/fuzzer ... but it is pretty narrowly targeted at stress-testing the transaction validity code. Last year at the NYC conference I mentioned that I would really like to see somebody who knows a lot more about network simulation than I do develop tools to help test proposed protocol changes, simulate Sybil or DoS attacks, etc. I'd still really like to see that... afiak Yifu from BitSyncom is to plan to test-execute a Finny Attack with Sybil elements on the prod-network after they get back from GDC, and documenting how hard is actually to pull off, and how it is generally a no-issue to accept 0 confirmation tx and talk about how to minimize risk. |