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To main difference between TCP SYN attack and SIP INVITE attack is that
TCP SYN attack is used in TCP based networks (like Internet or Intranet)
SIP INVITE attack is using in VoIP based networks like Telephony, etc.

TCP handshaking attack or TCP SYN attack (also know as TCP SYN flood).
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A SYN flood is a form of denial-of-service attack in which an attacker sends a succession of SYN requests to a target's system.

When a client attempts to start a TCP connection to a server, the ...

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