Weaponizing Middleboxes for
TCP Reflected Amplification usenix.org/system/files/sec21-bock.pdf
#network #security #attacks #censorship #sidechannel
Regret haven't read it until now. Such a neat paper. It shows how DDoS by TCP amplification could be achieved by utilizing censorship devices (i.e. NIDs/middleboxes) at large. The Internet is like a jungle and it is so interesting to see how characteristics of those devices could be used by (more) malicious actors to conduct DDoS attacks.
TCP Reflected Amplification usenix.org/system/files/sec21-bock.pdf
#network #security #attacks #censorship #sidechannel
Regret haven't read it until now. Such a neat paper. It shows how DDoS by TCP amplification could be achieved by utilizing censorship devices (i.e. NIDs/middleboxes) at large. The Internet is like a jungle and it is so interesting to see how characteristics of those devices could be used by (more) malicious actors to conduct DDoS attacks.