Client Proof-of-Work in TLS
Mitigation against DoS amplification on the TLS handshake
The computationally expensive nature of asymmetric crypto in TLS makes it vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks. We propose an extension to TLS that mitigates this attack vector, shifting the advantage from the attacker to the defender. The project will deliver a draft spec, mergeable patches for leading TLS libraries, and a measurement report explaining the results.
- The project's own website: https://github.com/tweedegolf
Run by Stichting Trifecta
This project was funded through the NGI0 Core Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101092990.
