We've seen this stepping up lately as well.

Ta,

Dave.


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Farrell
Sent: 31 January 2013 12:16
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [uknof] DNS DDoS

On 31/01/13 11:47, James Davis wrote:
> We've been seeing an increasing number of reflected and amplified DNS attacks 
> over the last year, some more sophisticated than what you've described.
>
> If the systems behind that port don't need to receive DNS traffic from 
> everywhere then I suggest blocking the DNS responses as far as is possible. 
> You can frequently get away with blocking just the handful of nameservers 
> involved but if the attackers have some clue they'll be cycling them often 
> and including authoritative servers for popular services.
>
> Regards,
>
> James
> _______

Actually started to notice these more regularly in $dayjob too. DNS responses 
to our entire address space, even the parts that are dark at this time.

David.


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