ICMP Attacks against TCP
RFC 5927, “ICMP Attacks against TCP”, is an Informational document published in July 2010 by F. Gont. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document discusses the use of the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) to perform a variety of attacks against the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Additionally, this document describes a number of widely implemented modifications to TCP's handling of ICMP error messages that help to mitigate these issues. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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