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Old 06-15-2007
korwin
 
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Default SYN cache in Linux

Hello

There is a syncache feature in FreeBSD kernel for mitigation of SYN
flood attacks. Does it exist any implementation of this in Linux kernel?
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Old 06-16-2007
Robert Harris
 
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Default Re: SYN cache in Linux

korwin wrote:
> Hello
>
> There is a syncache feature in FreeBSD kernel for mitigation of SYN
> flood attacks. Does it exist any implementation of this in Linux kernel?


Well, using Syncookies (which are supported in the kernel) will mitigate
SYN flood attacks.

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