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TCP on linux self-regualting synack timeout when syn backlog is beyond threshold, why?

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I’m studying Dos attacks and in particular the syn flood one.
I’m replicating the attack on local Debian VMs.

Attack VM:

attack using python script: https://github.com/EmreOvunc/Python-SYN-Flood-Attack-Tool

Target VM:

python TCP ser… Continue reading TCP on linux self-regualting synack timeout when syn backlog is beyond threshold, why?→