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		derefr on Aug 8, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wikileaks has been under DDoS attack for the last ... Yes, because of course, this bandwidth could be much more effectively used in staging a Sybil attack[1] against those torrents. ;) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack

Groxx on Aug 9, 2012 [–]

How would this work against torrents? I'm not aware of them using trust-based systems. Certainly you can pollute the swarm and slow things down a bit, but anyone who eventually finds someone legitimate is barely even effected.

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