Massive packet loss

[stefanor]

I'm seeing a lot of packet loss trying to reach my box on vm11:

(mtr output):
16. globalnet-103907-atl-bb1.c.telia. 0.0% 21 303.5 330.9 302.7 497.8 53.5
17. atl-core-a-tgi2-1.gnax.net 0.0% 21 304.3 305.8 302.1 314.8 2.9
18. l3-atl-18.gnax.net 42.9% 21 307.6 309.0 306.5 316.9 3.1
19. 209.51.131.102 42.9% 21 324.2 327.6 324.2 343.2 5.1
20. 72.9.242.104 33.3% 21 324.9 326.9 323.2 337.0 3.8
21. chopin.hybrid.za.org 35.0% 21 315.3 323.2 312.2 330.9 7.6

[davidk]

This was the result of a whopping 2GB or so denial of service attack on our Atlanta datacenter.. It subsided a few hours ago, but we were caught off guard with how strong it was ourselves.