[59189] in North American Network Operators' Group
Rob is a moron! was, Re: Slow and Fast IP addresses on http ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Thomas)
Tue Jun 17 13:42:01 2003
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 12:39:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: Rob Thomas <robt@cymru.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <ROTMAILER.0306171233160.29500-100000@dragon.sauron.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Hi again, NANOGers.
] Indeed. This can also be a problem during certain attack types,
] particularly during TCP amplification attacks. No response means
] that IP stacks send yet another SYN, then another, then another.
] The number depends on the IP stack in use.
Of course what I meant was SYN|ACK, not SYN. :)
/me reaches for more coffee.
Thanks,
Rob.
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Rob Thomas
http://www.cymru.com
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