Quote of the Day Traffic Amplification
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02/09/2014
07/25/2018
12/10/2014
12/10/2014
Description
The Quote of the Day (qotd) service is used to provide a quote to the connecting client. When contacted over UDP, the responses can be 500x the size of the corresponding request and can be used to conduct traffic amplification attacks against other assets, typically in the form of distributed reflected denial of service (DRDoS) attacks.
Solution(s)
- qotd-restrict
Advanced vulnerability management analytics and reporting.
Key Features
- Lightweight Endpoint Agent
- Live Dashboards
- Real Risk Prioritization
- IT-Integrated Remediation Projects
- Cloud, Virtual, and Container Assessment
- Integrated Threat Feeds
- Easy-to-Use RESTful API
- Automation-Assisted Patching
- Automated Containment
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