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The blockchain technology is increasingly adopted by distinct areas of knowledge and institutions filling administrative gaps related to data integrity, and audit procedures. In parallel, the adoption of resource virtualization is a reality to efficiently manage data centers. Consequently, the institutions have integrated blockchain networks into their own systems, hosting blockchain nodes atop virtual machines (VMs). In this sense, we present a resistance analysis of an Ethereum-based network hosted by VMs. The Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are used to identify the impact on the standard VM flavor. Specifically, we developed an environment for carrying out experiments using Ethereum configured with distinct consensus mechanisms: RAFT, Istanbul Byzantine Fault Tolerance (iBFT), and Proof-of-Authority (PoA). Each scenario is in-depth analyzed facing the DoS attack. Our results show that a private blockchain can suffer DoS when configured only to satisfy the default configuration defined by the application.
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This work was supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina (FAPESC), Santa Catarina State University (UDESC), and Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Processing (LabP2D).
This work was supported by Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI).
This work received financial support from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - CAPES - Brazil (PROAP/AUXPE).
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Battisti, J.H.F., Koslovski, G.P., Pillon, M.A., Miers, C., Gonzalez, N.M. (2022). Analysis of an Ethereum Private Blockchain Network Hosted by Virtual Machines Against Internal DoS Attacks. In: Barolli, L., Hussain, F., Enokido, T. (eds) Advanced Information Networking and Applications. AINA 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 449. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99584-3_42
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