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Attacker forges a TCP/IP packet with causes the victim to try to open a connection with itself. This causes the system to go into an infinite loop trying to resolve this unexpected connection. Eventually, the connection times out, but during this resolution, the machine appears to hang or become very slow. The attacker sends such packets on a regular basis to slow down the system. There are variations on this, such as "La Tierra", that attempts to circumvent some patches that try to fix this problem. Upgrade the system or apply patches. Alternatively, you can install filters that will prevent these incoming packets from being processed. Older versions of Linux, Windows, and Macintosh.
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