RST Flood
Layer 4 · Transport
Description
Floods the target with TCP RST packets to terminate legitimate connections.
Mitigation Capabilities
- Anycast: Yes, disperses TCP RST traffic across nodes.
- NGINX Proxy: No, not applicable for TCP-level traffic.
- HAProxy: No, irrelevant for TCP RST floods.
- IDS Suricata: Yes, detects excessive TCP RST packets.
- WAF: No, irrelevant for TCP traffic.
- OWASP Rules: No, unrelated to TCP threats.
- Complex anycast solution – WEDOS Protection: Yes, mitigates TCP RST attacks effectively.
Solutions
Configure firewalls to filter excessive TCP RST packets.
Why WEDOS Protection?
WEDOS Protection provides Anycast-powered edge protection that filters malicious traffic before it reaches your core systems. For DDoS types like RST Flood , WEDOS offers scalable global filtering combined with advanced detection strategies and 24/7 support.
Can WEDOS Protection help?
✅ WEDOS Protection is highly effective against this attack due to global Anycast and intelligent filtering.
WEDOS
Protection