denial-of-service

D.DoS &TCP zero receive window vulnerability

Submitted by siavash on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 17:24

Part of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) allows a receiver to advertise a zero byte window,instructing the sender to maintain the connection but not send additional TCP payload data.The sender should then probe the receiver to check if the receiver is ready to accept data.Narrow interpretation of this part of the specification can create a denial-of-service vulnerability.
By advertising a zero receive window and acknowledging probes,

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