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When we implement Raft for a decentralised public ledger a single node can easily take over the control of a full cluster by spinning thousands of nodes and making them to elect the malicious node as a leader. What is the name of this attack in security terms?
Are you referring to a Sybil attack?
– Mike D – 2018-05-15T10:14:21.977I was not sure, thats why asked for the name describing the scenario. In sybil attack, a single node forge identities to appear as multiple node. But here a single node is spinning lot of nodes. Is it different or the same? – Minisha – 2018-05-15T11:25:41.940