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> A <SPAN
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> Attack is a denial of service <SPAN
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>DoS</SPAN
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> attack that consumes all the resources on your machine, forcing you to reboot. Denial of service attacks -attacks which incapacitate a server due to high
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traffic volume or ones that tie-up system resources enough that the server cannot respond to a legitimate connection request from a remote system) are easily achievable from internal resources
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or external connections via extranets and Internet. To enable it, you have to do:
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> [root@deep] /# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
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Add the above commands to the <TT
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> script file and you'll not have to type it again the next time you reboot your system.
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Edit the <TT
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> # Enable TCP SYN Cookie Protection
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net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
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You must restart your network for the change to take effect. The command to restart the network is the following:
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> [root@deep] /# /etc/rc.d/init.d/network <B
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>restart</B
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Setting network parameters [ OK ]
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Bringing up interface lo [ OK ]
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Bringing up interface eth0 [ OK ]
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Bringing up interface eth1 [ OK ]
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If you receive an error message during execution of the above command, check that you have enabled the <SPAN
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>TCP</SPAN
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> syncookies option in your kernel configuration:
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<TT
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>not enabled per default</EM
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>CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES</B
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