Re: New Denial of Service Attack on Panix

Thanks, Jeff! I almost sent out a version with your name && e-mail address but figured you might not have time to deal with e-mail from the curious...

"someone else local" :-) has thrown the initial implementation up on his ftp server; sun3 & sun4 .o's and a back-port to Net/2 src code (note though, I have not tested the Net/2 port):

ftp.op.net:/pub/src/syn-prophylactica/

I have been able to withstand a ~600+ syn/sec attack with no noticable problems (slightly increased load, but no dropped connections).

--jeff

Avi