So if I understand correctly, the solution you are advocating is to only answer 
non-spoofed queries?


On Jan 10, 2013, at 7:23 AM, Jim Reid <[email protected]> wrote:

> I agree: provided we're talking about responding to queries from valid 
> recursors. However we're not. The context is spoofed queries. [See above.] 
> Responding to these is bad because (a) it chews your bandwidth and CPU; (b) 
> the replies don't go to the actual source that generated the queries; (c) the 
> destination of those responses doesn't want or need that inbound traffic. 
> This is why we agree RRL helps to reduce the damage from spoofed ANY flood 
> attacks.

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