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Date:      Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:44:01 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Micheas Herman <m@micheas.net>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NTP security hole CVE-2013-5211?
Message-ID:  <201403210444.WAA05541@mail.lariat.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAJw6ijkqBTzcD-WyOQtiU3=R2W8fZjKR=qo5AW9836fOkyNudQ@mail.g mail.com>
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At 10:38 PM 3/20/2014, Micheas Herman wrote:
 
>While true, that does mean that amplification attacks are limited to being
>able to attack those ten machines. 

The amplifier/relay is also a victim, and can be completely disabled by the attack
if its link to the Net becomes saturated.

--Brett Glass 




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