McAfee firewall 4.0 Manual De Usuario
Product Guide
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McAfee Firewall’s Intrusion Detection System
UDP Flood
A remote Denial of Service (DoS) attack designed to flood the target
machine with more data than it can process, thereby preventing legitimate
connections from being established.
machine with more data than it can process, thereby preventing legitimate
connections from being established.
Machine is inaccessible via TCP/IP. Occurs when machine is put to sleep
and then awakened.
and then awakened.
Make sure that “Load Only When Needed” is not checked in the TCP/IP
control panel. Then TCP/IP is loaded all the time, allowing McAfee Firewall
to function while the machine is asleep.
control panel. Then TCP/IP is loaded all the time, allowing McAfee Firewall
to function while the machine is asleep.
High
Winnuke
This attack is a Denial of Service (DoS) attack that completely disables
networking on many Win95 and WinNT machines. Although Winnuke will
not necessarily damage your computer, you may lose any unsaved data at
the time of the attack. Restarting your computer should restore full
operation.
networking on many Win95 and WinNT machines. Although Winnuke will
not necessarily damage your computer, you may lose any unsaved data at
the time of the attack. Restarting your computer should restore full
operation.
High
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