protocol: option to pad transaction relay to the next kB

To help protect one's privacy from traffic volume analysis
for people using Tor or I2P. This will really fly once we
relay txes on a timer rather than on demand, though.

Off by default for now since it's wasteful and doesn't bring
anything until I2P's in.

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
index d8c38bf9e..c55499365 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ namespace cryptonote
   , "Relay blocks as normal blocks"
   , false
   };
+  static const command_line::arg_descriptor<bool> arg_pad_transactions  = {
+    "pad-transactions"
+  , "Pad relayed transactions to help defend against traffic volume analysis"
+  , false
+  };
   static const command_line::arg_descriptor<size_t> arg_max_txpool_weight  = {
     "max-txpool-weight"
   , "Set maximum txpool weight in bytes."
@@ -188,7 +193,8 @@ namespace cryptonote
               m_disable_dns_checkpoints(false),
               m_update_download(0),
               m_nettype(UNDEFINED),
-              m_update_available(false)
+              m_update_available(false),
+              m_pad_transactions(false)
   {
     m_checkpoints_updating.clear();
     set_cryptonote_protocol(pprotocol);
@@ -282,6 +288,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
     command_line::add_arg(desc, arg_offline);
     command_line::add_arg(desc, arg_disable_dns_checkpoints);
     command_line::add_arg(desc, arg_max_txpool_weight);
+    command_line::add_arg(desc, arg_pad_transactions);
     command_line::add_arg(desc, arg_block_notify);
 
     miner::init_options(desc);
@@ -320,6 +327,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
     set_enforce_dns_checkpoints(command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_dns_checkpoints));
     test_drop_download_height(command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_test_drop_download_height));
     m_fluffy_blocks_enabled = !get_arg(vm, arg_no_fluffy_blocks);
+    m_pad_transactions = get_arg(vm, arg_pad_transactions);
     m_offline = get_arg(vm, arg_offline);
     m_disable_dns_checkpoints = get_arg(vm, arg_disable_dns_checkpoints);
     if (!command_line::is_arg_defaulted(vm, arg_fluffy_blocks))
diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.h b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.h
index 80c452f53..cef42d207 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.h
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.h
@@ -757,6 +757,13 @@ namespace cryptonote
      bool fluffy_blocks_enabled() const { return m_fluffy_blocks_enabled; }
 
      /**
+      * @brief get whether transaction relay should be padded
+      *
+      * @return whether transaction relay should be padded
+      */
+     bool pad_transactions() const { return m_pad_transactions; }
+
+     /**
       * @brief check a set of hashes against the precompiled hash set
       *
       * @return number of usable blocks
@@ -1014,6 +1021,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
 
      bool m_fluffy_blocks_enabled;
      bool m_offline;
+     bool m_pad_transactions;
    };
 }