the smurf attack
evil
ICMP_ECHO_REQ
Source: victim
Dest: big
(broadcast addr)
big
victim
ICMP_ECHO_RPL
Source: big
Dest: victim
Typically: evil has slow link (modem)
victim has fast link (T1)
big has very fast link (T3+)
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