Short Name |
DDOS:LOIC-TCP-METHOD |
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Severity |
Major |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
DDOS |
Keywords |
Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) TCP Method |
Release Date |
2010/10/25 |
Update Number |
1798 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
This signature detects the behavior of the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) packet flooding tool when using the TCP Method option. Attackers can use this tool to send extremely large amounts of packets over the network to attempt to overwhelm a target. When used collectively from multiple sources, a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) can occur. Due to high performance impact this signature can impart, this signature should only be used to protect your servers when under active attack.