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Teardrop Attack

A type of DoS. A teardrop attack occurs when an attacker exploits a bug in an operating system. The bug exists in the routines used to reassemble fragmented packets. An attacker sends numerous specially formatted fragmented packets to the victim, which causes the system to freeze or crash.


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