3.1 Denial of Service by Malicious Initiator #130
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Problem:
In InitInstance, any INIT message with a valid signature causes an entry to be added to the s.Instances array. If that array contains 1024 entries not older than 5 minutes, no new DKG can be initiated. Due to Signature verification allows arbitrary public key, anyone with network access can create valid INIT messages, easily denying service to the legitimate initiator.
Solution:
In this case, to ddos an attacker needs >= 1024 different IP addresses.