On Thu, 11 Sep 2008, Olaf Kolkman wrote: > I do not have first hand experience from being under attack but I have > seen enough arguments that reflector attacks are not only > hypothetically possible but they also happen in real life. Not only > from private conversations but also from, for instance, > http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich/misc/ddos/grc-syn.txt
This is a report from 2002, describing a 4x amplification attack. > and http://www.isotf.org/news/DNS-Amplification-Attacks.pdf and > references therein. The above is a document from Gadi Evron of Afilias, documenting the two small motivating attacks. There is nothing new in that report. > The fact that folk do not have first hand experience in being attacked > does not dismis them from making an informed trade-off. There is first-hand experience and hearsay. What you have is hearsay and rehashed old reports. --Dean -- Av8 Internet Prepared to pay a premium for better service? www.av8.net faster, more reliable, better service 617 344 9000 _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
