root servers DDoS

Mon Oct 21 22:15:47 UTC 2002

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Petri Helenius wrote:
> I´ve prettier graphs. I sent the mail after the performance started lacking
> asking if anyone has an idea what´s going on and where the traffic is
> originating.

Best guess, its a smurf attack. Networks which still have ip
directed-broadcast (or your vendor's equivalent) enabled on interfaces.

Its still amazing how much traffic it can generate.