Gavin Andresen - 2012-05-21 00:25:16

@s{quotedtext} @s{quotedtext} No. Bitcoin connections are TCP, so you can't forge the IP address.

I've also implemented denial-of-service checks that automatically ban misbehaving peers to make network disruption attacks more difficult. Trying to anticipate future DoS attacks is hidden engineering work that you will never notice if we get it right.