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From: Robert Nichols <rnicholsNOSPAM@comcast.net>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: syn DDoS attack solution
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:19:26 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f59kpi$1vs$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706191422070.29334@darkstar.sysinfo.com>

R. DuFresne wrote:
>
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Martijn Lievaart wrote:
>>
>> An connection is in the ESTABLISHED state once a packet has been seen. 
>> So once the SYN is seen, the state is ESTABLISHED.
>>
> 
> 
> No, it is in state "new" with a mere syn sent.

You have to specify whether you are talking about the TCP connection
status or the conntrack status.  A mere SYN is sufficient to make an
ESTABLISHED status in conntrack.  If that were not true, then when
I send a TCP SYN packet the SYN/ACK would never make it back through
my firewall.

-- 
Bob Nichols     "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.
                 Do NOT delete it.



  reply	other threads:[~2007-06-19 22:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-31 16:19 syn DDoS attack solution Bgs
2007-05-31 19:57 ` R. DuFresne
2007-06-01  9:45   ` Bgs
2007-05-31 20:08 ` Ric Messier
2007-06-01  1:20   ` Tony.Ho
2007-06-01  9:44   ` Bgs
2007-06-01 15:01     ` Ric Messier
2007-06-01 15:37       ` Bgs
2007-06-02 19:07         ` R. DuFresne
2007-06-04 14:22           ` Ric Messier
2007-06-04 17:24           ` Martin McKeay
2007-06-04 23:16             ` R. DuFresne
2007-06-05  8:29             ` Bgs
2007-06-05 14:16               ` Steven M Campbell
2007-06-05 15:22                 ` ..prevention, was: " Arnt Karlsen
     [not found]                   ` <466583F4.8080107@SCampbell.net>
2007-06-05 15:40                     ` Steven M Campbell
2007-06-05 18:34                       ` Arnt Karlsen
2007-06-07 18:41                     ` Martin McKeay
2007-06-08  1:40                       ` Arnt Karlsen
2007-06-12 18:10                       ` Martin McKeay
2007-06-12 22:44                         ` R. DuFresne
2007-06-13 14:24                           ` Martin McKeay
2007-06-13 17:26                             ` Arnt Karlsen
2007-06-13 17:44                               ` Martin McKeay
2007-06-14 19:43                                 ` R. DuFresne
2007-06-14 20:13                                   ` supportnew
2007-06-01 21:34       ` Martijn Lievaart
2007-06-01 21:37         ` Martijn Lievaart
2007-06-01 21:38         ` Ric Messier
2007-06-01 23:09         ` Ethy H. Brito
2007-06-19 18:22         ` R. DuFresne
2007-06-19 22:19           ` Robert Nichols [this message]
2007-06-19 23:02             ` Pascal Hambourg
2007-06-21 18:26             ` R. DuFresne

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