What are SYN cookies?
A method to prevent SYN flood attacks by a TCP server’s responding in a special way to a client's request while establishing a connection with the former.
This can decrease the load created by a SYN attack, although these days SYN cookies are not very efficient against real-world SYN attacks.
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Data centerColocationWAFDoS (Denial of Service)DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)Smurf AttackHostingDedicated ServerVPS/VDSDNS hostingWhat is a GET Request?SSL trafficWhat Is a SYN Flag?What is SYN message in TCP?Zero Day (0day DDoS) attackWhat is a domain name?BandwidthWhat is a router?What is a server?TrafficRound-Trip Time, RTTInternet Protocol, IPLink bandwidth, link throughputTCP window sizeWhat are cookies?What is a CVE?What Is an Exploit?HacktivismWhat is Proxying?Content Delivery Network, CDNAttack amplificationBotAttacks against websitesWhat is the 95th percentile?What is TLS fingerprinting?TCP handshakeDNSBL (DNS Blacklists)MAC (Media Access Control) address or physical addressDoS (Denial of Service)IP addressProxy serverFirewallP2P networkCloud Hosting
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