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ICMP-based blind connection-reset attack
Folks, Here's the packet trace and the explanation of an ICMP-based blind connection-reset attack. In our sample scenario, a web-client 10.0.0.1, TCP port 3270 is downloading a file from a web-server 192.168.0.1, TCP port 80. If the TCP/IP implementations of both end-points are vulnerable,you can...
[Full-disclosure] ICMP attacks against TCP: Conclusions
Folks, My posts to this list have tried to show how easy it is to perform ICMP attacks against TCP. The attacks are blind, so the attacker does not need to be a "man in the middle" to perform then. The typical number of packets required to perform any of these attacks is about 16000 in many cases...