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Re: Traffic being directed at random infrastructure with pornhub.com host header (?)


From: "Dobbins, Roland via NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 23:08:22 +0000


On Sep 13, 2023, at 20:38, Drew Weaver <drew.weaver () thenap com> wrote:
Has anyone else recently seen a spike of port 80 traffic being sent at seemingly random IP addresses that include the 
Pornhub host header?

It may be related to this:

<https://www.netscout.com/blog/asert/http-reflectionamplification-abusable-internet-censorship>
[what-is-a-reflection-amplification-ddos-attack-blog-header_1600x900.jpg]
HTTP Reflection/Amplification via Abusable Internet Censorship 
Systems<https://www.netscout.com/blog/asert/http-reflectionamplification-abusable-internet-censorship>
netscout.com<https://www.netscout.com/blog/asert/http-reflectionamplification-abusable-internet-censorship>


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Roland Dobbins <roland.dobbins () netscout com>

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