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A SYN attack simply buries its target by swamping it with TCP SYN packets. Each SYN packet demands a SYN-ACK response and causes the server to wait for the proper ACK in reply. Of course, the attacker never gives the ACK, or, more commonly, it uses a bad IP address so there's no chance of an ACK returning. This quickly hogties a server as it tries to send out SYN-ACKs while waiting for ACKs. Business - All business/finance/loan/mortgage related link can be found here Computers - All computer hardware/software/peripheral related link can be found here Internet - All webhosting/webdesign/internet marketing related link can be found here Software - All software related link can be found here Web Design - All web design/development related link can be found here Web Hosting - All web hosting related link can be found here Web Promotion - All search engine optimization/internet marketing related link can be found here Web Resources - All other web related link can be found here Recreation - All travel/hotel/cruise related link can be found here Casino - All online gambling/poker/blackjack/roulette related link can be found here Health - All online pharmacy/hospital/health related link can be found here Shopping - All online shopping/gift related link can be found here Miscellaneous - All other links can be found here
When the SYN-ACK queues fill up, the server can no longer take any incoming SYNs, and that's the end of that server until the attack is cleared up. The Land attack makes SYN one-step nastier by using SYN packets with spoofed IP addresses from your own network.There are many ways to reduce your chances of getting SYNed, including setting your firewall to block all incoming packets from bad external IP addresses like 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255, 127.0.0.0 to 127.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255, and 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255, as well as all internal addresses. But, as SCO discovered, if you throw enough SYN packets at a site, any site can still be SYNed off the net |
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