One of the largest DDoS attacks is occurring right now.
DDoS protection outfit CloudFlare was hit with the attacks.
A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Reflection attack exploits a timing mechanism that underpins a way the internet works to greatly amplify the power of what would otherwise be a small and ineffective assault.[source: ITNews.com.au]
No one is yet sure the full impact of the attack, although at least one French networking host reported a 350Gbps DDoS attack during the assault.
CloudFlare chief executive Matthew Prince said the attack tipped 400Gbps, 100Gbps larger than the previous record DDoS attack which used DNS reflective amplification.
What I find to be most disturbing about these kinds of attacks is that it will be a weapon by corporations looking to privatize the web, pointing to this as an example of the “dangers” of an uncontrolled internet, it will surely be exploited for some private gain. The paranoid in my points to that the source of this attack may be on the gainful side of this attack. If not, they are merely blackening the future of the public internet.
