This may end up being a more windows-centric question, but thought I'd give it a shot here. TL;DR version: Does a RST packet shorten or eliminate the normal 2MSL timeout needed before a tcp socket can ...

Last August, academic researchers discovered a potent new method for knocking sites offline: a fleet of misconfigured servers more than 100,000 strong that can amplify floods of junk data to ...

One notable aspect of network scanners is their protocol dependence. Most scanners out there are TCP/IP-savvy. While it's true that TCP/IP is routed over the Internet, if you have a VPN or other ...