Amplification Attack

Definitions

1. A denial-of-service technique that sends small spoofed requests to services which reply with much larger responses toward the victim, multiplying attack traffic. DNS, NTP, and misconfigured UDP-based services have historically been used for amplification attacks.

   In plain English: An attack that turns small requests into much larger traffic against a victim.

   Example: "The provider saw a UDP amplification attack where tiny spoofed queries generated huge bursts toward the target."

Related Terms

• DTLS
• EAP
• Encryption in Transit
• Exfiltration Channel
• IPSec
• OpenVPN
• Packet Capture
• Anti-DDoS
• Deflection
• Reflected Attack