50k sockets looping requests make the p2p port entirely inaccessible at times. with more attacking machines it is reasonable to suspect that the target node(s) could be held down in perpetuity.
edit: re: child comment / syn flood; sure. bitcoind needs ip associated throttling baked in. there is no rationale behind a single machine attempting 1k handshakes a second. the attack shouldn't work at all.
edit: re: child comment / syn flood; sure. bitcoind needs ip associated throttling baked in. there is no rationale behind a single machine attempting 1k handshakes a second. the attack shouldn't work at all.