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Re:D(HE)at: A Practical DoS Attack on the Finite Field Diffi... by tptacek on Thursday March 07, 2024 @03:16PM (#39634095)
Seems pretty boring. It's an unbalanced computation issue: the server sends B=g^b to the client, expecting the client to generate and send A=g^a. Instead, the client sends a random A, "proving no work" so to speak. Repeat. I think that's the whole attack?
Re:D(HE)at: A Practical DoS Attack on the Finite Field Diffi... by mike_d on Thursday March 07, 2024 @03:44PM (#39634382)
This reads like a "I got funding but my original research didn't pan out and I need to publish something."