SYN Flood
Layer 4 · Transport
Description
Sends a large number of SYN packets to exhaust server resources.
Mitigation Capabilities
- Anycast: Yes, disperses SYN traffic.
- NGINX Proxy: No, not designed for SYN-specific traffic.
- HAProxy: Yes, mitigates high volumes of SYN traffic.
- IDS Suricata: Yes, identifies excessive SYN packets.
- WAF: No, irrelevant for TCP-level threats.
- OWASP Rules: No, unrelated to SYN traffic.
- Complex anycast solution – WEDOS Protection: Yes, handles SYN floods efficiently.
Solutions
Use SYN cookies and rate-limiting tools.
Why WEDOS Protection?
WEDOS Protection provides Anycast-powered edge protection that filters malicious traffic before it reaches your core systems. For DDoS types like SYN 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.
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