How to launch and defend against a DDoS attack [pdf]

Post by pktgen » Sat, Oct 26, 2013, 2:14 AM UTC

joshguthrie wrote: post #18

Martian packets are a funny thing: The packet is ALWAYS coming from somewhere, so why don't internet providers just flat out refuse to send packets exiting their networks if the given IP doesn't match what they get? Okay, routers are supposed to get a packet and just route it to the next point by blindly following the instructions ("0.0.0.1 wants to UDP 124.40.28.9 on port 80"), but whatever the route taken, once my…