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"syn attacks"?"syn attacks"?Posted Dec 10, 2003 23:06 UTC (Wed) by mbp (guest, #2737)Parent article: SCO press release on DDOS attack It sounds like they're talking about a syn flood attack. Syn floods are a problem that was basically solved by SYN Cookies in Linux, BSD and other systems as much as seven years ago. I haven't heard of such an attack in years, because they don't really have much effect on a modern kernel. The fact that they were ever possible was really just a misdesign in early stacks. (Completely understandable and forgiveable of course; the internet used to be a more friendly place.) I think it's pretty damn funny that even when SCO are trying to paint themselves as victims they're really just showing that they're seven years behind the times. As Mozilla says, "cookies are a delicious treat". No cookies for SCO customers though.
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