Re: DoS Attackers using only udp and icmp protocol?

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2007-02-09 Monty Ree wrote:
> I have monitored that some DoS attack which generates large bps(over
> 1Gbps) against my network.
> and I can see that all dos related packets are udp and icmp not tcp.
>
> In the point of view attacker, 
> Is it impossible that generates lots of packets and large packets
> using tcp without 3 way handshake?

It's not impossible, but using stateless protocols like ICMP or UDP is a
lot easier.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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