[22472] in bugtraq
Re: Hardware defences against SYN flooding
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Walker Register)
Thu Aug 30 20:01:01 2001
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:21:29 -0500
From: Scott Walker Register <scott.register@us.checkpoint.com>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
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An article appeared on this list and in other forums indicating poor
performance by Check Point's FireWall-1 product in response to SYN floods.
Based on discussions with Thomas Greene and Ross Oliver, we have learned
that FireWall-1 was not running on the machine at the time of the test.
Because of this, the test and reported results have absolutely no validity.
We are working with the authors to conduct a meaningful test against a
properly configured firewall. Further details and clarification will be
posted when available.
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