The SYN spoofing attack targets the table of TCP connections on theserver.

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SYN spoofing attack indeed targets the table of TCP connections on the server. In this attack, the attacker sends a falsified SYN packet to the server, mimicking the IP address of a legitimate client. The server then adds this connection request to its connection table and waits for the client to respond with a SYN-ACK packet. As the client never sent a SYN packet, there is no response, and the server has to keep this connection request in its table until it times out. This can lead to a denial-of-service situation as the server's resources get exhausted by these false connection requests.

The SYN Spoofing Attack Targets the Table of TCP Connections