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RFC 5927
ICMP Attacks against TCP,July 2010
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5927
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Abstract
This document discusses the use of the Internet Control MessageProtocol (ICMP) to perform a variety of attacks against theTransmission Control Protocol (TCP). Additionally, this documentdescribes a number of widely implemented modifications to TCP'shandling of ICMP error messages that help to mitigate these issues. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it ispublished for informational purposes.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.