Re: could be slice?

[Guilherme Mesquita <guy () linuxbr com br>]

Unfortunately you'll only be able to avoid this kind of attack using a
powerful filter in your gateway but you must be careful: this need to be if
possible, in your backbone. You won't be able to protect yourself from your
own box. But you can also check the option for TCP_SYN_COOKIES in your
kernel. This might help with excessive memory usage with TCP connections
(this is one of the effects those DoS SYN/ACK tools cause)

Well I think that's it. IPCHAINS isn't enough for this...

On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Andrita Constantin wrote:
> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:52:19 +0200
> To: INCIDENTS () SECURITYFOCUS COM
> From: Andrita Constantin <aconstantin () EXPERT RO>
> Reply-To: Andrita Constantin <aconstantin () EXPERT RO>
> Sender: Incidents Mailing List <INCIDENTS () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
> Subject: could be slice?
>
> Hello
>
> For two weeks now I'm facing a problem with floods almost on a daily
> basis.
>
> I get 3000 and more TCP SYN connections from random hosts. I've been
> told that this might be generated by a tool called slice.
>
> Can somebody point me in the right direction to find out how can I trace
> the flooder?
>
> Or can I do something to prevent/stop these attacks?
>
> Regards
>
> Andrita Constantin
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> Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?
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