As we have already seen that What ICMP is with our previous bug, if you still do not read at just click on ICMP . How is ICMP used in DDoS attacks? ICMP flood attack A ping flood or ICMP flood is when the attacker attempts to overwhelm a targeted device with ICMP echo-request packets. The target has to process and respond to each packet, consuming its computing resources until legitimate users cannot receive service. Ping of death attack A ping of death attack is when the attacker sends a ping larger than the maximum allowable size for a packet to a targeted machine, causing the machine to freeze or crash. The packet gets fragmented on the way to its target, but when the target reassembles the packet into its original maximum-exceeding size, the size of the packet causes a buffer overflow. The ping of death attack is largely historical at this point. However, older networking equipment could still be susceptible to it. Smurf attack In a Smurf attack, the attac...
