Ralph Doncaster <ralph@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> Assuming the attacker has a 100mbps link to you, yes ;->
>
> A script kiddie 0wning a box with a FE connection is nothing. During what
> was probably the worst DOS I got hit with, one of my upstream providers
> said they were seeing about 600mbps of traffic related to the attack.
Yes, these numbers keep growing. By today's standards, 6000 Mbps
shouldn't be too surprising. 8-(
One of the servers I keep running was recently flooded with 1500-byte
UDP packets, Fast Ethernet line rate. It definitely happens if your
pipes are fat enough.
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