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

[Trent Farrell]

https://twitter.com/DerpTrolling/status/433025122258010112

In case you were interested, the organization I work for were the target of the huge one.

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From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Dobbins, Roland
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 12:50 AM
To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] NTP reflection used for world's largest DDoS


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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	  Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.

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