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Re: syncookie monsters ?

To: kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: syncookie monsters ?
From: Petru Paler <ppetru@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 22:18:02 +0200
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <200102162015.XAA07506@ms2.inr.ac.ru>; from kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru on Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 11:15:45PM +0300
References: <20010216213948.F1900@ppetru.net> <200102162015.XAA07506@ms2.inr.ac.ru>
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On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 11:15:45PM +0300, kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > So they have no use in defeating SYN flood attacks ?
> 
> Sorry? They are useful for this, only for this. Otherwise,
> why to enable them? 8)

That's what I thought too; I didn't get your affirmation regarding
signs of misconfiguration, though.

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