IP fragmentation attack
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ip-fragmentation-attack-279-5235844
title:
IP fragmentation attack
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IP fragmentation attacks are a kind of computer security attack based on how the Internet Protocol (IP) requires data to be transmitted and processed. Specifically, it invokes IP fragmentation, a process used to partition messages from one layer of a network into multiple smaller payloads that can fit within the lower layer's protocol data unit (PDU). Every network link has a maximum size of messages that may be transmitted, called the maximum transmission unit (MTU). If the SDU plus metadata ad
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Cyberattack method based on Internet Protocol fragmentation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_fragmentation_attack
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2023-04-04T20:05:20Z
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