Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:17:59 -0600 From: Brad Guillory <round@baileylink.net> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some observations on stream.c and streamnt.c Message-ID: <20000121171759.D56672@baileylink.net> In-Reply-To: <200001212258.OAA64329@apollo.backplane.com>; from dillon@apollo.backplane.com on Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 02:58:40PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001211649440.4460-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com> <200001212258.OAA64329@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matt wrote: > > Ok... but what sort of packet rate is the machine at telepath.com > seeing from this attack? > > Note that a T3 is only 45 MBits. Attacks on BEST that only went through > a single incoming T3 never had much of an effect, it was only those > attacks that came over multiple T3's (generally ping-broadcast attacks) > that we worried about. > > -Matt I don't understand how a "script kiddie" is going to garner the bandwidth to run an attack into the multi-megabit range. This is not a leveraged attack (right?). What kind of packet rate are we talking about to reboot a system, I understand that this will depend on the equipment, but I am interested in any numbers that would allow me to evaluate the real impact that this DOS will have. Most people that have enough bandwidth to launch a multi-megabit attack have better things to do than (or is it then) to pick on me. Thanx all, BMG To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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