TCP SYN Flooding Attacks and Common Mitigations

By Wesley M. Eddy. Request for Comments, 2007

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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. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Hardware and Architecture

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A Survey of BGP Security Issues and Solutions (2010, methodology): “This SYN flooding attack [14] would consume Bob’s connection state memory, leaving Bob unable to perform any TCP transactions.”