IPv6 RA flood DoS attack in Windows 8

IPv6, Networking, Security

Detailed information about the attack is available on http://samsclass.info/ipv6/proj/flood-router6a.htm. RA flood was generated by THC-IPv6 toolkit. The version of tested OS was Windows 8 Pro, 32bit.

About the Author

Tomas Podermanski

http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/~poderman/ tpoder@cis.vutbr.cz

Works as an backbone network administrator, research developer and PhD student at Brno University of Technology. Participates in several research projects focused on security, monitoring and IPv6. Professional experiences shares as an active member of the European project in the activity GÉAN3 Campus Best Practice.