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Re: router syn/syn-ack/ack alarming...


From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry () piermont com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 18:07:33 -0400


Regis Donovan writes:
um... maybe i'm missing the clue here, but if the router vendors add
something that shuts down an interface if the SYN/SYN-ACK/ACK ratio
becomes too bad make it *easier* for me if i'm doing a denial of service
attack on a host?  

One could say that, yes...

Perry
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