Sybil attacks target the weaknesses in the reputation system. How does Tor deal with such attacks? Recently, the Lizard Squad tried to take control of the Tor network by creating a large number of nodes, but the attack failed. However, is Tor vulnerable to more sophisticated forms of Sybil attacks?
Lizard Squad was a pretty noisy sybil. We have monitoring for events of that sort...
https://gitweb.torproject.org/doctor.git/tree/sybil_checker.py
Naturally that event has sparked interest in more sophisticated sybil detection...
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-January/008156.html
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-January/008095.html
If you're interested in helping we'd love to have you. This is an area that could certainly use more development attention.
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I am interested in helping. Perhaps pattern recognition in Relay names and addresses is the next step (used in conjunction with fingerprint check). If you have already something, I'am all ears. – Linostar Feb 13 '15 at 7:10
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1Great! Please subscribe to tor-dev@ and ask there (lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev). Philipp Winter has given the most thought to sybil detection but no doubt he would love to have some help! – Damian Feb 14 '15 at 17:19
