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		wmf on Oct 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A small warning about UDP based protocols Maybe we should say amplification attacks are a reason why the three-way handshake hasn't been removed.

amtamt on Oct 28, 2023 [–]

I guess one example of this was DoS attack on Yahoo (when it was the google of its time) from a single 56k modem connection.

Unfortunately can't find the original article, may be someone will share a link.

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