What Is a Syn Flooding Attack?
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Syn flooding attacks are a type of denial-of-service attack which attempts to overwhelm a server or network with a flood of TCP connection requests. The attacker sends a large number of SYN packets to the target, using an IP address that does not belong to the attacker. The target then responds with SYN-ACK packets to the spoofed IP address, and since there is no machine present at the spoofed IP address, the server eventually runs out of resources waiting for a response that never arrives, slowing or crashing the server.