The Early Days: 2004-2007 There were many radical shifts in scale to the Internet across this period. In 2004, the Internet2 backbone (Abilene) was upgraded from 2.5gb/sec to 10gb/sec. and was set to deploy the next generation Internet protocol, … [Read more...] about The Early Days of DDoS Protection & Mitigation – Part 3
ICMP
What is a Ping of Death?
A Ping of Death (PoD) is a DoS attack caused by an attacker sending oversized or malformed packets using a PING command to a targeted computer or service. A PING operates by sending ICMP echo request packets to the host and waiting for an Internet … [Read more...] about What is a Ping of Death?
What is an ICMP Flood?
An ICMP Flood involves an attacker sending fraudulent ICMP packets at volumes significant enough to flood a network. The unexpected volume of the incoming spoofed ICMP packets from a large set of source IP overwhelms the victim’s network, consuming … [Read more...] about What is an ICMP Flood?