[email protected] said:
> I'm not sure if this client has a severe bug or is intentionally trying  to
> overload the server but I have been receiving an average of around  500
> packets per second from them for the last hour and a half with  occasional
> drops to about 350 pps. ...

One possibility is that somebody is using NTP as a DDoS mechanism.

NTP doesn't amplify much, but it's easy to forge the return address on UDP 
packets.




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