Year: 2007
Type: report
Abstract: This document describes TCP SYN flooding attacks, which have been well-known to the community for several years.Various countermeasures against these attacks, and the trade-offs of each, are described.This document archives explanations of the attack and common defense techniques for the benefit of TCP implementers and administrators of TCP servers or networks, but does not make any standards-level recommendations.
DOI: 10.17487/rfc4987
Author: W. Eddy
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Funder: Glenn Research Center
OpenAlex ID: W1677315679