[mcdonje]

Another tor page says ddos attacks primarily use UDP packets, which tor doesn't allow:

https://support.torproject.org/abuse/what-about-ddos/

So, is this an attack using a different method?

And what about mitigating attacks on other networks/sites that originate from tor? The site I linked only said "attackers who control enough bandwidth to launch an effective DDoS attack can do it just fine without Tor." They didn't say anything about mitigating the use of tor by attackers. And what they're saying about attacks not being possible on the network is clearly wrong.

[beardog]

This is for protecting against attacks against the Tor network and onion services. Not for preventing people using Tor to conduct ddos attacks on normal websites which is what your linked page discusses

[DoItToMe81]

There have been cases of darknet markets employing enormous botnets to layer 7 DDoS their rivals, by constantly requesting data from the site through seemingly legitimate requests. Considering that Proof of Work is one of the primary things they're looking into, it's probably something similar to this.