Gamespy, Quake, and DDoS.

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Gamespy, Quake, and DDoS.

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http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/19/1 ... ml?tid=172
www.SlashDot.org wrote:"PivX has this security advisory about DDoS attacks using a single modem line and some game servers (i.e. Counter Strike, QuakeX, Battlefield 1942 - in short, those supporting GameSpy). Works via spoofed udp packages querying the server stats, and because udp is connectionless, the server simply answers - to the spoofed address, of course. Funny thing, isn't it? (originally found on heise.de)"
Rather interesting, using a hacked Gamespy for DRDoS attacks...
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