Overview – Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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AT-S63 Management Software Features Guide

Section II: Advanced Operations

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Overview

The AT-S63 Management Software can help protect your network against
the following types of denial of service attacks.

SYN Flood Attack

Smurf Attack

Land Attack

Teardrop Attack

Ping of Death Attack

IP Options Attack

The following sections describe each type of attack and the mechanism
employed by the AT-S63 Management Software to protect your network.

Note

Be sure to read the following descriptions before implementing a
DoS defense on a switch. Some defense mechanisms are CPU
intensive and can impact switch behavior.

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