On 10/28/19 11:26 AM, Tom Bird wrote:

> For a while now I've been seeing quite a lot of TCP sockets in the 
> SYN_RECV state on any machine offering public ipv4 services, which 
> should normally only happen if you can't route back to the source.
> Was initially worried that I'd broken something, however have seen it
> on boxes across a few providers now.

I'm seeing these too. Started on IMAPS/993 last week, seems to be on a
whole range of TCP ports now.

> I've got a couple of theories but none adequately explain it, anyone 
> know for sure?

I'm thinking it might be some kind of reflection attack, though it's
unclear there's amplification for this kind of SYN traffic.

Keith


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