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May 18, 2011, 04:01:33 PM |
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Is there a way to change a config parameter in bitcoind to give it a limited (trusted) set of hosts it should communicate with? I've looked around and didn't ind anything obvious.
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Matt Corallo
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May 18, 2011, 05:59:42 PM |
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Is there a way to change a config parameter in bitcoind to give it a limited (trusted) set of hosts it should communicate with? I've looked around and didn't ind anything obvious.
The -connect parameter limits bitcoin to connect only to the node you specify, you can add several -connect's to connect to several nodes. |
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MoonShadow
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May 18, 2011, 06:21:48 PM |
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Search the forum for the "shy" client. Someone has already modified the vanilla client to only accept approved connections and never announce it's own IP address.
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"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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Matt Corallo
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May 18, 2011, 06:25:24 PM |
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Search the forum for the "shy" client. Someone has already modified the vanilla client to only accept approved connections and never announce it's own IP address.
That is not at all what the "shy" patch does. The shy patch only sends its version number to clients it connects to after they send it theirs. It still connects to IRC, still attempts to make the same 8 outgoing connections to random nodes as every other client, and still listens for incoming connections. The only goal here is to make bitcoin nodes slightly less DDoS-able. Also, shy is in git, and I believe also in 0.3.21. |
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MoonShadow
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May 18, 2011, 06:28:33 PM |
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Search the forum for the "shy" client. Someone has already modified the vanilla client to only accept approved connections and never announce it's own IP address.
That is not at all what the "shy" patch does. The shy patch only sends its version number to clients it connects to after they send it theirs. It still connects to IRC, still attempts to make the same 8 outgoing connections to random nodes as every other client, and still listens for incoming connections. The only goal here is to make bitcoin nodes slightly less DDoS-able. Also, shy is in git, and I believe also in 0.3.21. Thanks for the correction. Then a "stealth" client is needed, that functions as a dark node unless specificly commanded to connect to a particular peer, or accept a particular peer's requests. In fact, I want this client, portable on a thumbdrive. |
"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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Gavin Andresen
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May 18, 2011, 06:37:14 PM |
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Then a "stealth" client is needed, that functions as a dark node unless specificly commanded to connect to a particular peer, or accept a particular peer's requests. In fact, I want this client, portable on a thumbdrive.
That is exactly what -connect does (if I recall correctly; you might need -connect and -nolisten together). |
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May 18, 2011, 07:16:14 PM |
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Then a "stealth" client is needed, that functions as a dark node unless specificly commanded to connect to a particular peer, or accept a particular peer's requests. In fact, I want this client, portable on a thumbdrive.
That is exactly what -connect does (if I recall correctly; you might need -connect and -nolisten together). Correct. -nolisten disables incoming, and -connect restricts outgoing to -connect-provided whitelist. |
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MoonShadow
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May 18, 2011, 07:42:08 PM |
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Then a "stealth" client is needed, that functions as a dark node unless specificly commanded to connect to a particular peer, or accept a particular peer's requests. In fact, I want this client, portable on a thumbdrive.
That is exactly what -connect does (if I recall correctly; you might need -connect and -nolisten together). Correct. -nolisten disables incoming, and -connect restricts outgoing to -connect-provided whitelist. Perfect. Thanks guys! |
"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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