Re: NAT is not a mechanism for securing a network.. but.. HELP!

From: Volker Birk (bumens_at_dingens.org)
Date: 08/24/05 

Date: 24 Aug 2005 10:34:09 +0200

Nicky <hackeras@gmail.com> wrote:
> And how can router be crashed? By what way?

If it does NAT/masquerading, a DoS attack is very easy from inside. Just
exploit the maximum size of the NAT table by flooding with packages opening
a huge number of connections.

Yours,
VB. 

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