On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 20:19, Brian Haberman wrote:
> > However, you could flood the anycast server with RR state simply by
> > sending a lot of SYN packets with different forged source addresses.
>
> Doesn't MIPv6 have the same problem with flooding an MN with bogus
> data as a DoS attack? Casting aside any issues with a binding cache,
> where is the difference between the anycast server and a mobile node?
>
> Won't flooding with SYN packets have the same affect on a mobile node?
Well, yes, but the idea is to protect the servers DoS attacks. Flooding
an MN only affects a single user, typically.
MikaL
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