GIAC GSEC Question Answer
What is the motivation behind SYN/FIN scanning?
The SYN/FIN combination is useful for signaling to certain Trojans.
SYN/FIN packets are commonly used to launch denial of service attacks against BSD hosts.
The crafted SYN/FIN packet sometimes gets past firewalls and filtering routers.
A SYN/FIN packet is used in session hijacking to take over a session.
TESTED 12 Jul 2025
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