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On June 30th at 23:59:59, Some Internet Might Crash

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Carmelo

Earth’s rotational time has slowed by 1 second. Earth is slowing down due to earthquakes, tidal drag, and the weather, and losing approximately two thousandths of a second every day. To allow for syncing up atomic clock time with the Earth’s … Continue reading →

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400Gbps DDoS using NTP

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Carmelo

Amplification attacks using NTP are on the rise. The UDP-based protocol can use a small request and cause a heavy payload response. CloudFlare has done an outstanding job explaining how the following picture is possible. Read about it here on … Continue reading →

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