Break out the Firewall Filters if you are being abused with a DoS/DDoS
attack.
If that fails, call your ISP. They have network security on staff to help
address the
issue.




On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:45 AM, Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> [email protected] said:
> > I'm not sure if this client has a severe bug or is intentionally trying
>  to
> > overload the server but I have been receiving an average of around  500
> > packets per second from them for the last hour and a half with
>  occasional
> > drops to about 350 pps. ...
>
> One possibility is that somebody is using NTP as a DDoS mechanism.
>
> NTP doesn't amplify much, but it's easy to forge the return address on UDP
> packets.
>
>
>
>
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> These are my opinions.  I hate spam.
>
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