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SYN-Floods and Countermeasures-Part 2

Last week we looked at the mechanics of the SYN-flood attack. Now let’s examine the mechanics of the countermeasures. Countermeasure: SYN-Cookies In 1996, Dan Bernstein came up with an elegant...