Thankfully, the TCP/IP protocol provides many ways to optimize data transfer. This article examines several options and shows how they can boost performance. ... and it may also carry payload data.

In an email, Vanhoef explained, saying, “The IPv6 router advertisement is put in the payload (i.e. data portion) of the TCP packet. This data is by default passed on to the application that ...

Ubuntu fixed a Linux bug that could have let an attacker cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with a TCP payload this week. Developers with Canonical pushed out a handful of patches ...

"A malicious DNS server can exploit this by responding with a specially crafted TCP payload to trick systemd-resolved in to allocating a buffer that's too small, and subsequently write arbitrary ...

All of TCP-connection related tasks, TCP-payload transfer tasks, TCP-disconnection, TCP-session management overhead which traditionally is performed by TCP/IP software is accomplished by the hardware ...

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A malicious DNS server can exploit this by responding with a specially crafted TCP payload to trick systemd-resolved in to allocating a buffer that's too small, and subsequently write arbitrary data ...

The new MicroBlaze™ soft processor-based implementation of the Treck TCP/IP stack achieves upwards of 475 Mbps TCP payload throughput on a Gigabit Ethernet link. This performance is facilitated by ...

Though not all peer-to-peer applications are evil, they are frequently recreational in nature. As such, they tend to generate network traffic that businesses often like to limit, usually by means ...

A significant spike in exploitation attempts targeting TVT NVMS9000 DVRs has been detected, peaking on April 3, 2025, with over 2,500 unique IPs scanning for vulnerable devices.