Comment Re:For that, you'd have to do a different attack (Score 1) 336
spoof the IP address of your target (...) it proves that the DNS protocol itself is beyond repair
No, it proves that the network you are connected to is braindead because it still allows IP spoofing.
And that EVERY company on the net is susceptible to something like that because unlimited bandwidth does not exist.
It used to be really easy to knock someone off the Internet. It's not so easy anymore. For some of the really big targets, being able to muster the bandwidth alone would be an impressive demonstration of power. Keeping them offline for more than a few seconds while their Anti-DDoS countermeasures deploy would be something that few players smaller than a nation state level can pull off.
MS and Sony have a security that matches the opaqueness of an erotic dancer's dress
Not really. I hate them as much as most people with three working brain cells, but they've both done quite a lot about security. It's just not enough and - like every company - they make decisions to not invest in some security measures because the ROI simply isn't there.