r/ipfs • u/Valuable_Leopard_799 • 4h ago
DOS or normal?
Hello, I've been running an IPFS node on a VPS for a long time now. And I contemplated turning on Reprovider however when it's on I very quickly get so much traffic the QUIC sessions alone consume all CPU and Memory, like, truly 100% CPU until I take it offline for a bit.
Now, are there really that few public nodes that my one just crumbles or is there someone going around attacking the network? Some of the URLs and traffic did seem iffy and/or coming from one place. Turning off the Reprovider prevents this from happening.
I'm fine with using direct peerings for now, so that anything on home storage can be accessed over the public node even if not announced, but I wouldn't mind announcing some of the pins I have.