[AusNOG] NTP reflection used for world's largest DDoS

Jake Anderson yahoo at vapourforge.com
Tue Feb 11 18:21:53 EST 2014


I feel that ISP's allowing spoofed packets *out* of their networks 
should feel at least somewhat responsible.

On 11/02/14 17:47, Joshua D'Alton wrote:
> Though, 7 x 1Gbps full linerate servers with a provider who won't 
> complain about the usage would only cost about $2000AUD per month.
>
> A lot of these larger more powerful attacks are a lot more clever than 
> simple mass botnet attacks, such is the arms race we're facing (and 
> losing mostly thanks to unpatched holes like OP).
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Dobbins, Roland <rdobbins at arbor.net 
> <mailto:rdobbins at arbor.net>> wrote:
>
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>     On Feb 11, 2014, at 12:27 PM, Scott Weeks <surfer at mauigateway.com
>     <mailto:surfer at mauigateway.com>> wrote:
>
>     > Or are the spoofed packets coming from bots and that bandwidth
>     is spread across a lot of different pipes?
>
>     Correct.
>
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