Attack on DNS root servers

KG8 wrote: post #4

ck2 wrote: post #2

China testing something new? Or maybe some scriptkiddie testing their new botnet?

Why China of all of the 193 countries? What about Russia? US? Brazil? England?

Because it's always China, maybe?

Re: Attack on DNS root servers

#7

Post by cft » Tue, Dec 08, 2015, 7:05 PM UTC

"Source Address Validation and BCP-38." ISPs should validate the source address of UDP traffic from their end customers. This would end most UDP based volumetric DDoS attacks.

Re: Attack on DNS root servers

#8

Post by lucb1e » Tue, Dec 08, 2015, 7:09 PM UTC

What made this unique now? Was it simply a high load?

Re: Attack on DNS root servers

#9

Post by robryk » Tue, Dec 08, 2015, 7:11 PM UTC

I suspect that this might have been a botnet showing off to its potential clients. This may explain withholding of the domain names queried (not to give advertising to the botnet).

Re: Attack on DNS root servers

#10

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 08, 2015, 7:13 PM UTC

lucb1e wrote: post #8

What made this unique now? Was it simply a high load?

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