Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
The so-called “Great Firewall of China” operates, in part, by inspecting TCP packets for keywords that are to be blocked. If the keyword is present, TCP reset packets (viz: with the RST flag set) are sent to both endpoints of the connection, which then close. However, because the original packets are passed through the firewall unscathed, if the endpoints completely ignore the firewall's resets, then the connection will proceed unhindered. Once one connection has been blocked, the firewall makes further easy-to-evade attempts to block further connections from the same machine. This latter behaviour can be leveraged into a denial-of-service attack on third-party machines. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2006 | 10.1007/11957454_2 | Privacy Enhancing Technologies |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
latter behaviour,easy-to-evade attempt,great firewall,tcp reset packet,tcp packet,original packet,denial-of-service attack,rst flag set,third-party machine,denial of service attack | Conference | 4258 |
ISSN | ISBN | Citations |
0302-9743 | 3-540-68790-4 | 76 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
7.49 | 3 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Clayton | 1 | 461 | 48.11 |
| Steven J. Murdoch | 2 | 806 | 57.90 |
| Robert N. M. Watson | 3 | 488 | 36.14 |