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Chapter 10 Firewalls
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Weaknesses in the TCP/IP specification leave it open to SYN Flood and
LAND attacks. These attacks are executed during the handshake that initiates
a communication session between two applications.
Figure 47
Three-way handshake
Under normal circumstances, the application that initiates a session sends a SYN
(synchronize) packet to the receiving server. The receiver sends back an ACK
(acknowledgment) packet and its own SYN, and then the initiator responds with
an ACK (acknowledgment). After this handshake, a connection is established.
SYN Attack floods a targeted system with a series of SYN packets. Each packet
causes the targeted system to issue a SYN-ACK response. While the targeted
system waits for the ACK that follows the SYN-ACK, it queues up all outstanding
SYN-ACK responses on what is known as a backlog queue. SYN-ACKs are
moved off the queue only when an ACK comes back or when an internal timer
(which is set at relatively long intervals) terminates the three-way handshake.
Once the queue is full, the system ignores all incoming SYN requests, making the
system unavailable for legitimate users.
Summary of Contents for BSR222
Page 28: ...28 Tables NN47922 500 ...
Page 50: ...50 Chapter 2 Introducing the WebGUI NN47922 500 ...
Page 66: ...66 Chapter 3 Wizard setup NN47922 500 ...
Page 92: ...92 Chapter 5 System screens NN47922 500 ...
Page 104: ...104 Chapter 6 LAN screens NN47922 500 ...
Page 154: ...154 Chapter 9 Static Route screens NN47922 500 ...
Page 196: ...196 Chapter 11 Firewall screens NN47922 500 ...
Page 212: ...212 Chapter 13 VPN NN47922 500 Figure 68 Summary IP Policies ...
Page 256: ...256 Chapter 13 VPN NN47922 500 Figure 82 VPN Client Termination advanced ...
Page 260: ...260 Chapter 13 VPN NN47922 500 ...
Page 264: ...264 Chapter 14 Certificates NN47922 500 Figure 84 My Certificates ...
Page 290: ...290 Chapter 14 Certificates NN47922 500 Figure 95 Trusted remote host details ...
Page 314: ...314 Chapter 16 IEEE 802 1x NN47922 500 ...
Page 318: ...318 Chapter 17 Authentication server NN47922 500 Figure 107 Local User database edit ...
Page 326: ...326 Chapter 17 Authentication server NN47922 500 ...
Page 374: ...374 Chapter 20 Logs Screens NN47922 500 Figure 151 Log settings ...
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Page 402: ...402 Chapter 22 Maintenance NN47922 500 Figure 170 Restart screen ...