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RFC 4987: TCP SYN Flooding Attacks and Common Mitigations

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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.

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Document ID
RFC4987
Published
August 2007
Authors
W. Eddy
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
wit
Pages
19
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