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Security Risks of Stateful Network Architectures in the Digital Transformation Age

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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.