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Is SonicWall firewall has a solution to mitigate the new middlebox DDoS attack?

Is SonicWall firewall has a solution to mitigate the new middlebox DDoS attack?


Firewalls and middleboxes can be weaponized for gigantic DDoS attacks


Academics discover novel DDoS attack vector abusing the TCP protocol.

Middleboxes like firewalls and DPI boxes can be abused to launch this new form of DDoS attack.

The new DDoS technique can be used to launch attacks with amplification factors in the realm of 1000x and more.


more detail: 


https://therecord.media/firewalls-and-middleboxes-can-be-weaponized-for-gigantic-ddos-attacks/


https://www.shadowserver.org/what-we-do/network-reporting/vulnerable-ddos-middlebox-report/

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