North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Re[4]: SYN floods (was: does history repeat itself?)
"Alec H. Peterson" writes: > This is true, but if it is a valid host, the invalid SYNs will do > nothing, because the source host will send a RST and the > almost-connection will be torn down. And if it isn't a valid host, it > will still be _much_ easier to track, because you know in general > where it's coming from. There are far, far meaner things you can do with a pair of valid hosts, Alec. And no, I don't particularly care to get in to all of them. Perry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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