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nagendraprasath
Jun 04, 2020Aspirant
DoS Attack: SYN/ACK Scan
I keep seeing below logs in my Orbi router. What does "DoS Attack: SYN/ACK Scan" signifies? Also am not sure why it prints "DHCP IP: <ip>" for all connected devices? DHCP has a lease time of 24hrs? ...
FURRYe38
Jun 04, 2020Guru - Experienced User
You need to do a whois lookup on the
157.240.22.54 IP address.
nagendraprasath
Jun 08, 2020Aspirant
Thanks for your response. Yes, i did. they belong to facebook, amazon, google...
Today i see below one and the ip address resolves to facebook and port 443 is https. What am not understanding what exactly the log is trying to convey. Does it mean one of my PC/smarphone connected to facebook? but then why under "Dos Attach: Ack Scan"
[DoS Attack: ACK Scan] from source: 157.240.22.54, port 443, Sunday, June 07, 2020 17:51:12