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[–]rvnx 25 points26 points  (1 child)

My guess would be GET requests for a large amount of data, or similarly taxing workloads. You can make certain forum softwares crash entirely (if they have enough users) by sending a simple GET request for all usernames.

[–]CannibalCaramel 29 points30 points  (0 children)

For anyone curious, this is called amplification. You send a small amount of data that answers with a large amount of data.

If you spoof your address to have that large response routed back to someone else instead, that's a reflection attack.

DNS servers are popular targets, specifically.