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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Three Syllables: AWS. Or even vanilla vps hosts, there are enough cheap ones out there to grasp a few hundred and destroy them before anyone is the wiser. To sustain the attack you’d need some /very/ dodgy upstreams. (enzu *<b>cough</b>*)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joshua D'Alton<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 11 February 2014 9:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> Dobbins, Roland<br><b>Cc:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] NTP reflection used for world's largest DDoS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>In OP case yes, but just saying were someone like Scott Weeks wish to perform said attack, they could probably do it with just 7 servers as previously mentioned. Or maybe even a single 10Gbit server, though aforementioned 'dodgy' providers don't do 10Gbit that cheap. That is part of the scariness of these sorts of attacks, they are a lot easier to carry out with minimal knowledge and funds (comparatively).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:41 PM, Dobbins, Roland <<a href="mailto:rdobbins@arbor.net" target="_blank">rdobbins@arbor.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Feb 11, 2014, at 1:47 PM, Joshua D'Alton <<a href="mailto:joshua@railgun.com.au">joshua@railgun.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Though, 7 x 1Gbps full linerate servers with a provider who won't complain about the usage would only cost about $2000AUD per month.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>The servers are likely compromised, and there are likely more than seven.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Roland Dobbins <<a href="mailto:rdobbins@arbor.net">rdobbins@arbor.net</a>> // <<a href="http://www.arbornetworks.com" target="_blank">http://www.arbornetworks.com</a>><br><br> Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.<br><br> -- John Milton<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>