back to article STUN hack could help admins choose between 'net links

A proposal at the Internet Engineering Task Force suggests network admins can use the venerable STUN protocol to help them pick the best path across IP networks. STUN – Session Traversal Utilities for NAT – is well-known as a handy tool for setting up things like voice-over-IP (VoIP) sessions between users hidden behind …

  1. WatAWorld

    The next big DDoS protocol

    From the article it seems STUN could be the next big DDoS protocol.

    Hopefully there will be a refinement that ensures that doesn't happen.

  2. Mage Silver badge

    I'm stunned

    Sounds like a clever idea.

    DDoS?

    A lot of routers and many email servers ignore "ping" to avoid Ping of Death DDoS, and many routers de-prioritise Trace Route.

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