TCP SYN attack Last modified: Friday, September 09, 2005
A sender transmits a volume of connections that cannot be completed. This causes the connection queues to fill up, thereby denying service to legitimate TCP users. A TCP SYN attack (also called SYN attack) is a common type of Denial of Service attack. See also DoS attack.
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