<bronsonbit:matrix.org> matrix.to/#/%23-xmr-(minero)-espaa-:matrix.org

<bronsonbit:matrix.org> with the permission of the moderaphores, it’s a personal research to support the community

<thanusalba:matrix.org> Came across probelab.io/blog/peering-into-priva…ve-into-the-monero-network-topology recently. I saw blocklists out there, but unaware if the default monero app makes use of them or not. For these cloud based "spy services", does anyone know if there are plans on blocking them?

<ofrnxmr:xmr.mx> --enable-dns-blocklist

<thanusalba:matrix.org> Gotcha, so I do I need to download any to enable it or just that argument is enough?

<bronsonbit:matrix.org> It is a bit difficult to detect malicious nodes, in my case I am reviewing the Spanish ones one by one, and in several I find metrics that could indicate intention to be a spy node, I have created a room for Spanish nodes, where I will upload daily updates.

<dennis_tra:matrix.org> @thanusalba:matrix.org: Hey there, I'm the author of that post. Happy to answer questions

<thanusalba:matrix.org> @dennis_tra:matrix.org: Thanks. I admit I'm curious about parts of the methodology and privacy around this. This large cluster of servers seems concerning for sure. I do think this is a nice report, the visuals were helpful. Some of it is over my head, I want to read through it a few more times to try and digest it.

<dennis_tra:matrix.org> Yeah, it's really concerning and also that all of them are hosted in a single cloud provider (Spruce Creek). As far as I know, this isn't news to the research community here though. Would be curious about their take.

<dennis_tra:matrix.org> mrelay.p2pool.observer/m/matrix.org/gHekowhmkXONeeBuwEHWXCEC.png (image.png)

<dennis_tra:matrix.org> The banlist is working though. This is expected but it's nice to have visual proof

it's kind of strange because if they are malicious, then...wouldn't they have taken some very minimal steps to make their outsized presence on the network harder to detect?

<dennis_tra:matrix.org> The interesting next question is how this impacts block propagation

<dennis_tra:matrix.org> jw_: absolutely, this is very strange

<boog900> Fwiw they have other nodes outside of spruce creek that they now hide

<boog900> I guessed they didn't bother hiding the spruce creek nodes as its pretty hard to hide nodes all on 1 AS.

block propagation is taken good care of thanks to hundreds of P2Pool nodes

<3

<albertlarsan68:albertlarsan.fr> sech1: I do have the p2pool daemons for the 3 chains running even though I only use one to mine on

nice