Edimax BR-6475nD - Dos

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3‐8‐3DoS
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DenialofService(DoS)isacommonattackmeasure,bytra nsmittingagreatamountofdata
orrequesttoyourInternetIPaddressandserver,theInternetconnectionwillbecomevery
slow,andservermaystoprespondingbecauseitisnotcapabletohandletoomuchtraffics.
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Thisrouterhasabuilt‐inDoSattackpreventionmechanism;whenyouactivateit,the
routerwillstoptheDoSattackforyou:
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HerelistsfourkindsofDoSattacks,pleaseselectthetypeofDoSattackyouwishthis
broadbandroutertoprotect,andyoucanselectmultipletypesofattacks.
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ThedescriptionsofeveryDoSattackislistedbelow:
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ItemName Description
PingofDeath Ping ofDeathisaspecialpacket,anditwill
causecertaincomputertostopresponding.
Checkthisboxandtherouterwillfilterthis
kindofpacketout.
DiscardPingFrom
WAN
Pingisacommonandusefultooltoknow
theconnectionstatusofaspecifiedre mote
networkdevice,butsomemaliciousintruder
willtrytofillyournetworkbandwidthwitha
lotofPINGrequestdatapacket,tomakeyour
internetconnectionbecome veryslow,even
unusable.
Checkthisboxandtherouterwill
ignoreallinboundPINGrequest,butwhen
youactivatethisfunction,youwillnotbeable
topingyourownrouterfrominternet,too.
PortScan Somemaliciousintruderwilltrytousea‘port
scanner’toknowhowmanyportsofyour
InternetIPaddressareopen,andtheycan
collectalotofvaluableinformationbydoing