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

[Dobbins, Roland]

On Feb 12, 2014, at 3:17 PM, Jeremy Begg <jeremy at vsm.com.au> wrote:

> Besides, the attack is described in a CERT alert from last month:

Actually, ntp reflection/amplification DDoS attacks have been launched by attackers for years - it's just that they received some mainstream press scrutiny in the last couple of months when they were used to attack a couple of high-profile online gaming networks with tens of millions of simultaneous users.

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