User Manual Part 2

Table Of Contents
SmartDefense Categories
420 Check Point Safe@Office User Guide
Denial of Service
Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are aimed at overwhelming the target with spurious data,
to the point where it is no longer able to respond to legitimate service requests.
This category includes the following attacks:
DDoS Attack on page 425
LAND on page 422
Non-TCP Flooding on page 423
Ping of Death on page 42
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Teardrop on page 420
Teardrop
In a Teardrop attack, the attacker sends two IP fragments, the latter entirely contained
within the former. This causes some computers to allocate too much memory and crash.
You can configure how Teardrop attacks should be handled.