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Security Risks of Stateful Network Architectures in the Digital Transformation Age

Stateful firewalls have unwittingly introduced the attack vector of distributed DDoS attacks. Cybersecurity vendors must rethink the role of stateful systems and how to secure them.

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Stateful firewalls have unwittingly introduced the attack vector of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. State exhaustion attacks can knock down defenses or disrupt communications. Cybersecurity vendors must rethink the role of stateful systems and how to secure them.