<p>This is a draft answer. Alternative answers (as always) are welcome.</p>
<p>Alex Bosworth listed a number of DoS vectors on <a href="https://twitter.com/alexbosworth/status/1487817891143630849?s=20&amp;t=9-7_WQKrAi8qrsMGPqwxCA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Twitter</a>. This isn't necessarily an exhaustive list.</p>
<ul>
<li>TCP level flooding</li>
<li>P2P protocol flood</li>
<li>Too-many graph updates</li>
<li>Huge unsettled HTLCs</li>
<li>Many slow HTLCs</li>
<li>Pathfinding distraction</li>
<li>RBF pinning</li>
<li>0-Base PPM floor HTLCs</li>
<li>Many channel open proposals</li>
<li>Fake Neutrino data</li>
<li>KeySend spam</li>
</ul>

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<p>What are the various denial of service (DoS) vectors on the Lightning Network?</p>

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What are the various denial of service vectors on the Lightning Network?
Michael Folkson
# What are the various denial of service vectors on the Lightning Network?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-01-31)

What are the various denial of service (DoS) vectors on the Lightning Network?

**Tags:** lightning-network, attack


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2022-01-31. Score: 1

This is a draft answer. Alternative answers (as always) are welcome.

Alex Bosworth listed a number of DoS vectors on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/alexbosworth/status/1487817891143630849?s=20&t=9-7_WQKrAi8qrsMGPqwxCA). This isn't necessarily an exhaustive list.

* TCP level flooding
* P2P protocol flood
* Too-many graph updates
* Huge unsettled HTLCs
* Many slow HTLCs
* Pathfinding distraction
* RBF pinning
* 0-Base PPM floor HTLCs
* Many channel open proposals
* Fake Neutrino data
* KeySend spam


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