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Important:
Please note that the following information is partial information only, and may not be accurate or may be subject to change within the near future.
Also, some of the terms here are explained in technical terms and may not be helpful unless you are already familiar with them.
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 Terms and Definitions
A brief description of common and less common terms
IP
Short for Internet Protocol, pronounced as two separate letters.
An IP number is something that is assigned to you when you log on to the internet, and is considered as your IP Address.
It is your own private number while you are logged on to the internet, and no one else can have that number.
In most cases, the number is Dynamic,meaning every time you log on to the internet, you will more than likely get a different number.
Some people have what are called "Static" or fixed IP's, they get the exact same number every time they get on the internet.
IP by itself is something like the postal system. It allows you to address a package and drop it in the system, but there's no direct link between you and the recipient.
It is how other computers on the internet know where information came from and also where to send information back to.
TCP
Short for Transmission Control Protocol, and pronounced as separate letters.
TCP is one of the main protocols in TCP/IP networks. Whereas the IP protocol deals only with packets, TCP enables two computers to establish a connection and exchange streams of data. TCP guarantees delivery of data and also guarantees that packets will be delivered in the same order in which they were sent.
TCP/IP
Short for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, the suite of communications protocols used to connect computers to the Internet. TCP/IP uses several protocols, the two main ones being TCP and IP.
TCP/IP establishes a connection between two hosts so that they can send messages back and forth.
ICMP
Short for Internet Control Message Protocol, an extension to the Internet Protocol (IP) defined by RFC 792. ICMP supports packets containing error, control, and informational messages. The PING command, for example, uses ICMP to test an Internet connection.
OOB
Short for Out Of Band or Out Of Bounds packet(s). Normally would be considered as an innocent Error, but can also be produced intentionally for abusive purposes.
Nuke
A "NUKE" attack is when someone maliciously sends you a bad packet known as an "Out of Band/Out of Bounds/OOB" packet. The results generally are the "Blue Screen of Death" which in turn causes you to have to log back onto the internet. These attacks are also known as "Denial of Service" attacks.
Abusive Applications
Most commonly used Abusing applications
TearDrop
TearDrop is a program that crashes computers running the Windows, and potentially Linux operating systems by sending IP fragments to the internet. Windows is unable to handle the data, and it causes a similar result as the "nuke" or OOB bug. This result is the "blue screen."
WinNuke
WinNuke is a program that crashes a computer running Windows by sending Out of Band data to an IP address on a network. It causes the computer to crash because the Windows system cannot handle the data that is receives. A fault error, or blue screen appears when a Windows machine has been "nuked."
ALL that a malicious user needs to Nuke you (if you are unprotected) is your IP number. In some cases, they are simply hitting "random" IP numbers so anyone can be the target. It is very easy to get someone's IP number:
A malicious user can get your IP number from any number of sources including the headers of E-Mail you send out, Chat programs you use, or by you simply visiting a Web page as you can see here :
Your IP address is 38.103.63.59
What Can We Do Against It all?
There are currently several options of protecting yourself against hazards like the ones we talked about all over this page:
** Please read the special notice
NOTE: The Winsock 2.2 is available for Windows 95 ONLY. Windows 98 users do not need to download it as it is already installed on their computers. You may need to register your Windows 95 version on the site in order to be able to download the file. If you are already registered the download process will begin immediately. Also, please remember the Winsock 2.2 was not yet tested with ICQ, and it might cause your ICQ to stop working. In this case, please turn to our Technical Support site.
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