Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jul 1997 18:17:40 -0400 (EDT) | From | Dave Wreski <> | Subject | syn cookies |
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Hi all. I'm wondering if someone could help me find information on linux and its ability to withstand syn attacks.
I compiled support for syn and rst cookies in 2.0.31-pre2, and it seems to hold 128 SYN_RECV connections when being attacked by the syn flood.
Can someone tell me what exactly these cookies are, and why it is that Linux is the only one who seems to have adopted this mechanism?
Thanks for any ideas, Dave Wreski
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