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by btgeekboy 4934 days ago
In the video, he tested OS X, Windows XP, and Server 2012. OS X beachballed, XP went to 100% CPU, and Server 2012 panicked and rebooted. All three failed; this isn't just an Apple issue. Was Microsoft notified as well?
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In my experience (and as this article suggests), Microsoft operating systems have always been really vulnerable to flooding, even over IPv4. Malformed UDP packets to port 53 (DNS) at about 20-30k packets/sec instantly would lock up a windows box and prevent it from successfully rebooting. This was one of the preferred methods for the wargames that were played for bandwidth over the shared housing network for Microsoft Research interns in China a few years back.