Mangled packet
In
firewalls, routers
, or any service present on the network.
Their usage is associated with a type of network attack called a
denial-of-service (DoS) attack. They aim to destabilize the network and sometimes to reveal its available services – when network operators must restart the disabled ones.[1] Mangled packets can be generated by dedicated software such as nmap
.
As of 2008[update], most invalid packets are easily filtered by modern stateful firewalls.
References
- ISBN 978-1-60267-000-6. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
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