Monitoring the Net and SYN Floods

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: Monitoring the Net and SYN Floods : : The following URL's allow monitoring of the : current status of the Net. Information : on the architecture of the Net, backbones, : NAP's (Network Access Points), NSP (National : Service Providers), etc. : [This list was published originally in the : Mar/Apr '97 edition of WebApps magazine.] : Internet Weather Report : http://www.internetweather.com : MIDS Internet Weather Report : http://www.mids.org/weather : MIDS World Map of Internet and Matrix : http://www.mids.org/mapsale/world/ : CerfNET Map of US Network Service Providers : http://www.cerf.net/about/interconnects/orig-interconnects.html : CerfNET discussion of backbone infrastructure : http://www.cerf.net/cerfnet/about/backbone-infra.html : MAE West Connection Map : http://ext2.mfsdatanet.com/MAE/west.map.html : MAE West 5-day throughput chart : http://ext2.mfsdatanet.com/MAE/west.mfs.overlay.html : Pacific Bell NAP Statistics : http://www.pacbell.com/products/business/fastrak/networking/nap/stats/ : NetNow graphs of packet loss across various ISP's : http://www.merit.edu/~ipma/netnow/summary/netnow.html : Routing Arbiter Statistics from IPMA : http://nic.merit.edu/ipma : ========================================================== : Denial-of-service attacks on ISP's have been increasing. : Hackers send a flood of bogus connection request messages : using the TCP SYN to overwhelm the server. : CERT Advisory on SYN Flooding : ftp://info.cert.org/pub/cert_advisories/CA-96.21.tcp_syn_flooding : News coverage of SYN Flooding : http://techweb.cmp.com/cw/092396/news0927.htm : Patches to TCP/IP to harden against SYN floods : http://www.bsdi.com/press/19961002 : Sun Microsystems technical bulletin on SYN floods : http://www.mtiweb.com/isp/sunsyn.html : =============================================================

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