Lecture 2 - SYN Spoofing Flashcards
1
Q
What layer does SYN Spoofing target?
A
The TCP layer
2
Q
What type of a cyberattack is SYN Spoofing?
A
Denial Of Service (DOS)
3
Q
How does Syn Spoofing work?
A
A client sends a SYN request to connect, but with the source address set to a fake client, so that the server responds with SYN-ACKs that go nowhere. The server will keep trying to send SYN-ACKS and waiting for an ACK, which will never come. Because of this the server resources are wasted where the server should be responding to legitimate clients
4
Q
TCP handshake consists of?
A
Syn
SYN ACK
ACK
5
Q
What does a TCP handshake do?
A
Establishes connection between server and client.
