I wonder what they think they're attacking?

In addition to a self written gopher server [1] I also have a QOTD (Quote of the Day) server [2] accepting requests via TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protocol). I never mentioned it as I just put it out there to really see what would happen. I will occasionally see a request go by, but over the past two weeks, some people have really been hitting it hard via UDP:

Table: Requests to the UDP QOTD server (over 1000 requests)
host address	requests
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38.21.240.153	252628
113.113.120.152	18547
148.70.95.145	11529
150.138.92.17	11400
149.248.50.17	9917
123.129.223.133	9373
222.186.49.221	8689
39.105.122.74	8261
182.150.0.73	8098
47.107.64.105	7575
101.132.44.244	5745
170.33.8.193	5566
140.249.60.227	5520
61.160.207.99	5278
47.244.154.2	5084
23.107.43.194	5067
47.101.222.141	5066
47.101.169.118	5024
47.101.68.112	4449
47.102.135.146	4325
47.75.116.41	4200
47.244.36.42	4137
104.25.221.35	3638
144.48.125.176	3440
219.234.29.229	3402
125.88.186.186	3219
47.99.152.166	3167
39.108.51.161	3166
47.101.51.117	3161
210.83.80.21	3154
47.100.96.218	3139
47.101.200.97	3137
120.79.0.221	3090
47.100.183.18	2971
39.96.31.5	2944
47.98.38.120	2758
101.132.182.251	2756
47.107.123.238	2492
139.99.16.112	2290
47.101.157.245	2258
106.14.158.7	2226
47.100.234.2	2183
47.100.201.32	2090
120.79.40.9	2047
47.100.125.115	2037
101.132.37.45	1997
120.78.5.80	1985
47.101.68.50	1950
47.96.172.52	1915
20.188.110.231	1781
106.14.137.34	1118
119.188.250.37	1095
------------------------------
host address	requests

There doesn't see to be much I can find about this, other than a potential link to XBox Live [3], but that doesn't [4] seem right [5]. It's hard to say. So to see what might be happening, I modified the QOTD program to record anything it receives via UDP. That way, I should be able to figure out if 38.21.240.153 is trying to attack something, or if it really just wants an up-to-date quotes file.

[1] /boston/2018/01/09.1

[2] https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc865.txt

[3] https://www.auditmypc.com/udp-port-17.asp

[4] https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-360/networking/network-ports-used-xbox-live

[5] https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/networking/network-ports-used-xbox-live

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