From b8e66d8145fe478a7da5994ada10e53414cd1472 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jimmy Debe <91767824+jimstir@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 18:58:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update peer-exchange.md --- standards/core/peer-exchange/peer-exchange.md | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/standards/core/peer-exchange/peer-exchange.md b/standards/core/peer-exchange/peer-exchange.md index f91d1e0..e199ed6 100644 --- a/standards/core/peer-exchange/peer-exchange.md +++ b/standards/core/peer-exchange/peer-exchange.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The main purpose of this protocol is providing resource restricted devices with ## Background and Motivation -It may not be feasible on resource restricted devices to take part in distributed random sampling ambient peer discovery protocols such as [33/WAKU2-DISCV5](/spec/33/). +It may not be feasible on resource restricted devices to take part in distributed random sampling ambient peer discovery protocols such as [33/WAKU2-DISCV5](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/33/). The Waku peer discovery protocol specified in this document allows resource restricted devices to request a list of peers from a service node. Network parameters necessary to connect to this service node COULD be learned from a static bootstrapping method or using [EIP-1459: Node Discovery via DNS](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1459). The advantage of using Waku peer exchange to discover new peers over using a static peer list or DNS discovery is a more even load distribution. @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ If a lot of (resource restricted) nodes would use the same service nodes as rela Heavily used static nodes also add a centralized element. Downtime of such a node might significantly impact the network. However, the resource efficiency of this protocol comes at an anonymity cost, which is explained in the [Security/Privacy Considerations](#securityprivacy-considerations) section. -This protocol SHOULD only be used if [33/WAKU2-DISCV5](/spec/33/) is infeasible. +This protocol SHOULD only be used if [33/WAKU2-DISCV5](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/33/) is infeasible. ## Theory and Protocol Semantics @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The [multiaddresses](https://docs.libp2p.io/concepts/addressing/) used to connec In order to protect its anonymity, the responder MUST NOT provide peers from its actively used peer list as this opens pathways to *Neighbourhood Surveillance* attacks, as described in the [Security/Privacy Considerations Section](#securityprivacy-considerations). -The responder SHOULD provide a set of peers that has been retrieved using ambient peer discovery methods supporting random sampling, e.g. [33/WAKU2-DISCV5](/spec/33/). +The responder SHOULD provide a set of peers that has been retrieved using ambient peer discovery methods supporting random sampling, e.g. [33/WAKU2-DISCV5](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/33/). This both protects the responder's anonymity as well as helps distributing load. To allow for fast responses, responders SHOULD retrieve peers unsolicited (before receiving a query) @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Implementations can implement the libp2p discovery interface (e.g. [nim](https:/ The size of the (optional) exchange peer cache discussed in [Theory and Protocol Semantics](#theory-and-protocol-semantics) depends on the average number of requested peers, which is expected to be the outbound degree of the underlying [libp2p gossipsub](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/pubsub/gossipsub/gossipsub-v1.1.md) mesh network. -The recommended value for this outbound degree is 6 (see parameter `D` in [29/WAKU2-CONFIG](/spec/29/)). +The recommended value for this outbound degree is 6 (see parameter `D` in [29/WAKU2-CONFIG](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/29/)). It is recommended for the cache to hold at least 10 times as many peers (60). The recommended cache size also depends on the number of requesters a responder is expected to serve within a *refresh cycle*. @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ As a weak mitigation the requester MAY ask several peers and select a subset of Responders that answer with active mesh peers are more vulnerable to a *neighbourhood surveillance* attack. Responding with the set of active mesh peers allows a malicious requester to get into the required position more easily. It takes away the first hurdle of the *neighbourhood surveillance* attack: The attacker knows which peers to try to connect to. -This increased vulnerability can be avoided by only responding with randomly sampled sets of peers, e.g. by requesting a random peer set via [33/WAKU2-DISCV5](/spec/33/). +This increased vulnerability can be avoided by only responding with randomly sampled sets of peers, e.g. by requesting a random peer set via [33/WAKU2-DISCV5](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/33/). (As stated in the [Theory and Protocol Semantics Section](#theory-and-protocol-semantics), these peer sets SHOULD be retrieved unsolicitedly before receiving requests to achieve faster response times.) @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Still, frequent queries can tigger the refresh cycle more often. The `seen cache ### Further Considerations The response field contains ENRs as specified in [WAKU2-ENR](../enr.md). -While ENRs contain signatures, they do not violate the [Waku relay no-sign policy](/spec/11/#signature-policy)), +While ENRs contain signatures, they do not violate the [Waku relay no-sign policy](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/11/#signature-policy)), because they are part of the discovery domain and are not propagated in the relay domain. However, there might still be some form of leakage: ENRs could be used to track peers and facilitate linking attacks. @@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ Copyright and related rights waived via [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/public ## References -* [33/WAKU2-DISCV5](/spec/33/) +* [33/WAKU2-DISCV5](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/33/) * [WAKU2-ENR](../enr.md) * [multiaddress](https://docs.libp2p.io/concepts/addressing/) * [libp2p discovery interface](https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/issues/140) * [libp2p gossipsub](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/pubsub/gossipsub/gossipsub-v1.1.md) -* [29/WAKU2-CONFIG](/spec/29/) +* [29/WAKU2-CONFIG](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/29/) * [Waku relay anonymity](https://vac.dev/wakuv2-relay-anon)