[dns-operations] DNS reflection useful without amplification?

Roland Dobbins rdobbins at arbor.net
Wed Sep 7 11:12:04 UTC 2016


On 7 Sep 2016, at 15:23, Paul Vixie wrote:

> anyone who considers this claim dubious is invited to provide a 
> counterclaim with its own justification.

No counterclaim is in fact possible, as it's an indisputable fact.  I've 
seen this many, many times with my own eyes.

In many DDoS attacks, throughput (pps) is far more important than 
bandwidth (bps), for precisely the reasons described.

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Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at arbor.net>



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