PUSH and ACK floods
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PUSH floods and ACK floods are
ACK
flags.
Since these flags require additional processing it may be possible to overwhelm a service by setting these flags on numerous requests.
Mitigation
Proxy filters may drop appropriate packets with these flags set when the system is considered to be under attack.[1][failed verification]
See also
References
- ^ "PUSH and ACK Flood". Archived from the original on 2022-04-07.