DoS attack classifications

Last Updated : Nov 06, 2012 |

Traffic patterns meeting the DoS attack classifications are automatically reported in MSS notifications.

DoS Attack

Description

LAND_ATTACK

Land attack packets with the source IP the same as an IP address

TCP_URGENT_ATTACK

TCP packets with the URGENT option set

ICMP_RATE_LIMIT

ICMP (echo) requests exceeding a pre-defined rate

SMURF_ATTACK

ICMP echo packets with limited broadcast destination address

FRAGGLE_ATTACK

UDP packets with limited broadcast destination address

SYN-FLOOD

The number of unacknowledged TCP SYN-ACK exceeds a predefined rate

UNREACHABLE_PORT_ ATTACK

TCP/UDP IP packets sent to unreachable ports

MALFRAGMENTED_IP

Malfragmented IP packets on TO-ME interfaces

MALFORMED_IP

Malformed IP packets.

The Branch Gateway reports malformed IP packets when:

  • The IP version in the IP header is a value other than 4

  • The IP header length is smaller than 20

  • The total length is smaller than the header length

MALFORMED_ARP

ARP messages with bad opcode

SPOOFED_IP

For all routable packets, the Branch Gateway report reception of IP spoofed packets

UNKNOW_L4_IP_PROTOCOL

Packets with unknown (unsupported or administratively closed) protocol in IP packet with TO-ME interface as a destination

UNATHENTICATED_ACCESS

Failure to authenticate services