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[cobalt-users] New type of DoS Attack - Reflected Denial of Service



http://www.grc.com

Here's a quick synopsis; with a link to the actual PDF written by Steve
Gibson. In essence, a malicious user sends forged SYN packets to TCP/IP
routers. The TCP/IP routers receive the packets, believing that the forged
information is, in fact, the website in the forged information trying to
access their site. So the TCP/IP routers reply - and keep replying. There's
also some steps on what can be done to prevent it.

PDF file: http://grc.com/files/drdos.pdf

Jonothon Ortiz
Vice President
Xnext, Inc.
Ph: 863.298.9698
or  888.84.XNEXT
http://www.Xnext.com
mailto:jon@xxxxxxxxx

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