fab558612278909df93bdf88f5727b04f13aef0f doc: Use precise permission flags where possible (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
Instead of mentioning the all-encompassing `-whitelist*` settings, change the docs to mention the exact permission flag that will influence the behaviour.
This is needed because in the future, the too-broad `-whitelist*` settings (they either include *all* permission flags or apply to *all* peers) might be deprecated to require the permission flags to be enumerated.
Alternatively, in the future there could be an RPC to set the net permission flags on an existing connection, in which case the `-whitelist*` terminology is of no help.
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0ea5d70b4756f376342417e0019490233cb4a918 Updated comment for the condition where a transaction relay is denied (glowang)
be01449cc8eb7bb97531a967f5d1dcc7b8865d1e Add test for param interaction b/w -blocksonly and -whitelistforcerelay (glowang)
Pull request description:
Related to: #18428
When -blocksonly is turned on, a node would still relay transactions from whitelisted peers. This funcitonality has not been tested.
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* Remove unused variable
* [refactor] Move tx relay state to separate structure
* [refactor] Change tx_relay structure to be unique_ptr
* Check that tx_relay is initialized before access
* Add comment explaining intended use of m_tx_relay
* Add 2 outbound block-relay-only connections
Transaction relay is primarily optimized for balancing redundancy/robustness
with bandwidth minimization -- as a result transaction relay leaks information
that adversaries can use to infer the network topology.
Network topology is better kept private for (at least) two reasons:
(a) Knowledge of the network graph can make it easier to find the source IP of
a given transaction.
(b) Knowledge of the network graph could be used to split a target node or
nodes from the honest network (eg by knowing which peers to attack in order to
achieve a network split).
We can eliminate the risks of (b) by separating block relay from transaction
relay; inferring network connectivity from the relay of blocks/block headers is
much more expensive for an adversary.
After this commit, bitcoind will make 2 additional outbound connections that
are only used for block relay. (In the future, we might consider rotating our
transaction-relay peers to help limit the effects of (a).)
* Don't relay addr messages to block-relay-only peers
We don't want relay of addr messages to leak information about
these network links.
* doc: improve comments relating to block-relay-only peers
* Disconnect peers violating blocks-only mode
If we set fRelay=false in our VERSION message, and a peer sends an INV or TX
message anyway, disconnect. Since we use fRelay=false to minimize bandwidth,
we should not tolerate remaining connected to a peer violating the protocol.
* net_processing. Removed comment + fixed formatting
* Refactoring net_processing, removed duplicated code
* Refactor some bool in a many-arguments function to enum
It's made to avoid possible typos with arguments, because some of them have default values and it's very high probability to make a mistake here.
* Added UI debug option for Outbound
* Fixed data race related to `setInventoryTxToSend`, introduced in `[refactor] Move tx relay state to separate structure`
Co-authored-by: Suhas Daftuar <sdaftuar@gmail.com>
fa8ced32a60dea37ac169241cf9a1f708ef46c4b doc: Mention blocksonly in reduce-traffic.md, unhide option (MarcoFalke)
fa320de79faaca2b088fcbe7f76701faa9bff236 test: Add test for p2p_blocksonly (MarcoFalke)
fa3872e7b4540857261aed948b94b6b2bfdbc3d1 test: Format predicate source as multiline on error (MarcoFalke)
fa1dce7329d3e74d46ab98b93772b1832a3f1819 net: Rename ::fRelayTxes to ::g_relay_txes (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
This is de-facto no longer hidden
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