Re: New Denial of Service Attack on Panix

[Avi Freedman <freedman () netaxs com>]

Thanks, Jeff!

I almost sent out a version with your name && e-mail address
but figured you might not have time to deal with e-mail from
the curious...

> "someone else local" :-) has thrown the initial implementation up on
> his ftp server; sun3 & sun4 .o's and a back-port to Net/2 src code
> (note though, I have not tested the Net/2 port):
>
>       ftp.op.net:/pub/src/syn-prophylactica/
>
> I have been able to withstand a ~600+ syn/sec attack with no 
> noticable problems (slightly increased load, but no dropped 
> connections). 
>
>       --jeff

Avi

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