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SYN flood

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001188

A type of denial-of-service (DoS) attack in which an attacker rapidly initiates a connection to a server but does not complete the handshake. By sending a large number of SYN (synchronize) requests without responding to the server's SYN-ACK (synchronize-acknowledgment) packets, the attacker exhausts the server's resources. This leaves legitimate users unable to connect to the service.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001188
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectInternet
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-001188",
  "term": "SYN flood",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A type of denial-of-service (DoS) attack in which an attacker rapidly initiates a connection to a server but does not complete the handshake. By sending a large number of SYN (synchronize) requests without responding to the server's SYN-ACK (synchronize-acknowledgment) packets, the attacker exhausts the server's resources. This leaves legitimate users unable to connect to the service.",
  "subject": "Internet",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/syn-flood/"
}

Record 1,306 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.