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Add comments to AttemptToEvictConnection

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Patrick Strateman 2015-08-20 16:47:49 -07:00
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@ -836,13 +836,20 @@ static bool AttemptToEvictConnection(bool fPreferNewConnection) {
} }
// Protect connections with certain characteristics // Protect connections with certain characteristics
// Deterministically select 4 peers to protect by netgroup.
// An attacker cannot predict which netgroups will be protected.
static CompareNetGroupKeyed comparerNetGroupKeyed; static CompareNetGroupKeyed comparerNetGroupKeyed;
std::sort(vEvictionCandidates.begin(), vEvictionCandidates.end(), comparerNetGroupKeyed); std::sort(vEvictionCandidates.begin(), vEvictionCandidates.end(), comparerNetGroupKeyed);
vEvictionCandidates.erase(vEvictionCandidates.end() - std::min(4, static_cast<int>(vEvictionCandidates.size())), vEvictionCandidates.end()); vEvictionCandidates.erase(vEvictionCandidates.end() - std::min(4, static_cast<int>(vEvictionCandidates.size())), vEvictionCandidates.end());
// Protect the 8 nodes with the best ping times.
// An attacker cannot manipulate this metric without physically moving nodes closer to the target.
std::sort(vEvictionCandidates.begin(), vEvictionCandidates.end(), ReverseCompareNodeMinPingTime); std::sort(vEvictionCandidates.begin(), vEvictionCandidates.end(), ReverseCompareNodeMinPingTime);
vEvictionCandidates.erase(vEvictionCandidates.end() - std::min(8, static_cast<int>(vEvictionCandidates.size())), vEvictionCandidates.end()); vEvictionCandidates.erase(vEvictionCandidates.end() - std::min(8, static_cast<int>(vEvictionCandidates.size())), vEvictionCandidates.end());
// Protect the 64 nodes which have been connected the longest.
// This replicates the existing implicit behavior.
std::sort(vEvictionCandidates.begin(), vEvictionCandidates.end(), ReverseCompareNodeTimeConnected); std::sort(vEvictionCandidates.begin(), vEvictionCandidates.end(), ReverseCompareNodeTimeConnected);
vEvictionCandidates.erase(vEvictionCandidates.end() - std::min(64, static_cast<int>(vEvictionCandidates.size())), vEvictionCandidates.end()); vEvictionCandidates.erase(vEvictionCandidates.end() - std::min(64, static_cast<int>(vEvictionCandidates.size())), vEvictionCandidates.end());