Gamespy DDoS attack threat

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Aron Schatz
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January 18, 2003
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Wow, when did you think that game servers can be used to make a large DDoS attack? There are many games affected, you're probably playing at least one of them.

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The flaw occurs because servers that include the GameSpy networking code automatically send responses to queries for status information and don't verify the sender's address. An attacker can just ask the server for the information, but forge the data so that the packets appear to come from a fake address. When the game server responds, the large amount of information sent in reply goes to the target of the attack instead.

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