Denial-of-Service Attack Could Put Servers in Perpetual Loop

Researchers Spot Vulnerability in Application-Layer Communication Protocol
A new type of denial-of-service threat can disrupt an estimated 300,000 internet hosts that are at risk of exploitation. Researchers at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security say attackers are using IP spoofing to entangle two servers in a perpetual communication loop.

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