Exploring P2P
Attack Vectors

Visual, interactive simulations of security vulnerabilities in libp2p peer-to-peer networks. Master the mechanics of exploitation and defense.

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Eclipse Attack

How an attacker isolates a node by controlling all its peer connections, filtering its view of the network entirely.

Sybil Attack

Creating thousands of fake identities to gain disproportionate influence over the DHT and control peer routing.

GossipSub Attacks

Flash attacks on pub/sub mesh topology and how the peer scoring function detects, penalizes, and evicts attackers.

Routing Poisoning

Injecting fake routing entries into the DHT to silently degrade content resolution without crashing any nodes.

Network Partition

Strategically cutting bridge edges to split the network into isolated subgroups that cannot communicate.

Flooding Attack

Overwhelming the network with excessive messages, connections, and requests to exhaust CPU, memory, and bandwidth.

Connection Exhaustion

Consuming all connection slots on a target peer with individually legitimate connections, preventing honest peers from connecting.