Currently it's on the dev branch. It's not a consensus change and it's an optional feature that defaults to OFF. Probably a good idea to put it in the upcoming 3.5.0 mandatory release.
It improves defenses against attacks where malicious nodes spawn up in different Class B IP address ranges, by tracking Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs).
This was originally done in BTC and ported to KMD by Decker:
GLEECBTC#366
bitcoin/bitcoin#16702
https://www.coindesk.com/latest-bitcoin-core-code-release-protects-against-nation-state-attacks
Currently it's on the
devbranch. It's not a consensus change and it's an optional feature that defaults to OFF. Probably a good idea to put it in the upcoming 3.5.0 mandatory release.It improves defenses against attacks where malicious nodes spawn up in different Class B IP address ranges, by tracking Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs).
This was originally done in BTC and ported to KMD by Decker:
GLEECBTC#366
bitcoin/bitcoin#16702
https://www.coindesk.com/latest-bitcoin-core-code-release-protects-against-nation-state-attacks