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b3a515c0bec97633a76bec101af47c3c90c0b749 Clarify comments around outbound peer eviction (Suhas Daftuar)
daffaf03fbede6c01287779e464379ee3acb005a Periodically make block-relay connections and sync headers (Suhas Daftuar)
3cc8a7a0f5fa183cd7f0cf5e56f16f9a9d1f2441 Use conn_type to identify block-relay peers, rather than m_tx_relay == nullptr (Suhas Daftuar)
91d61952a82af3e8887e8ae532ecc19d87fe9073 Simplify and clarify extra outbound peer counting (Suhas Daftuar)
Pull request description:
To make eclipse attacks more difficult, regularly initiate outbound connections
and stay connected long enough to sync headers and potentially learn of new
blocks. If we learn a new block, rotate out an existing block-relay peer in
favor of the new peer.
This augments the existing outbound peer rotation that exists -- currently we
make new full-relay connections when our tip is stale, which we disconnect
after waiting a small time to see if we learn a new block. As block-relay
connections use minimal bandwidth, we can make these connections regularly and
not just when our tip is stale.
Like feeler connections, these connections are not aggressive; whenever our
timer fires (once every 5 minutes on average), we'll try to initiate a new
block-relay connection as described, but if we fail to connect we just wait for
our timer to fire again before repeating with a new peer.
ACKs for top commit:
ariard:
Code Review ACK b3a515c, only change since last time is dropping a useless `cs_main` taking. I manually tested a previous version of the PR, and not substantial change has been introduced since then which would alter behavior IMO.
jonatack:
Tested ACK b3a515c0bec97633a76bec101af47c3c90c0b749 over several weeks, though this change and behavior could benefit from test coverage and other follow-ups (refactoring, etc.) described in the review feedback. I did not verify the behavior of `m_start_extra_block_relay_peers` only being enabled after initial chain sync. Since my last review, one unneeded `cs_main` lock was removed.
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