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Robert Story
18/03/06, 01:40
On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 19:26:19 +0200 Ventsislav wrote:
VG> Are you sure about that amplification process??

Yes.

VG> In the scenario you describe, I cannot see any actual amplification...

The amplification isn't in the number of hosts responding, but in packet size.
A very small DNS request packet results in a huge response packet.