Originally Posted by mrkris

Any form of denial of service attack is illegal, regardless of reason. You think that just because you send 1GB of packets to a host you are affecting just that site, no .. you affect any sites that are being hosted on that system, and any router between you AND that server, which could potentially disrupt millions of systems. If you want feds at your door, feel free to packet, otherwise move on. You reported it, let them deal with it on their time.