Science – Future of Lithuania / Mokslas – Lietuvos Ateitis, Vol 8, No 3 (2016)

ICMPv6 RA Flooding Vulnerability Research

Linas Jočys (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)

Abstract


ICMPv6 is the newest version of internet control message protocol, whose main purpose is to send error message indicating packet processing failure. It is know that ICMPv6 is technologically vulnerable. One of those vulnerabilities is the ICMPv6 RA flooding vulnerability, which can lead to systems in Local Area Network slow down or full stop. This paper will discuss Windows (XP, 7, 8.1) and Linux Ubuntu 14 operating systems resistance to RA flooding attack research and countermeasures to minimize this vulnerability.

Article in: Lithuanian

Article published: 2016-06-29

Keyword(s): IPv6; ICMPv6 RA flooding; IPv6 vulnerabilities.

DOI: 10.3846/mla.2016.930

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Science – Future of Lithuania / Mokslas – Lietuvos Ateitis ISSN 2029-2341, eISSN 2029-2252
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