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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">It has also been happening over NSW-IX the last few days (targeting cloudflare
</span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">J</span><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> ).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://monitor.nsw.ix.asn.au/cacti/graph.php?local_graph_id=64&rra_id=all">http://monitor.nsw.ix.asn.au/cacti/graph.php?local_graph_id=64&rra_id=all</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Not sure if they are NTP, but the “big” one on Tuesday appears to have sources like AARNET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://monitor.nsw.ix.asn.au/cacti/graph.php?local_graph_id=64&rra_id=all">http://monitor.nsw.ix.asn.au/cacti/graph.php?local_graph_id=64&rra_id=all</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">and Ultraserve:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://monitor.nsw.ix.asn.au/cacti/graph.php?local_graph_id=257&rra_id=all">http://monitor.nsw.ix.asn.au/cacti/graph.php?local_graph_id=257&rra_id=all</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(large spikes line up with cloudflare’s graph)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sean K. Finn<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 13 February 2014 3:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] NTP Reflection coming in over Equinix IX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hey All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I never thought I’d see the day, we’re seeing local NTP Reflection attacks come in across Equinix peering!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thankfully they are very small amounts of traffic but you can see the traffic jump percentage wise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><img border="0" width="596" height="210" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CF28D6.2DA1BB00"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have any mitigation stategies across the Equinix IX . (Apart from obvious, i.e. contacting the peer AS’s to asking them to nice mitigate at their end and pray, or droping prefix from Equinix completely.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">PS Anyone else on Equinix Syd if you’re smashing outbound on NTP please check
<span style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is the first time we’ve seen reflection attack across peering!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What I once considered safe harbour has now been compromised.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sean Finn,<o:p></o:p></p>
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