Fragmentation Attacks
Fragmentation attacks are an abuse of the fragmentation offset feature of IP packets. Fragmentation occurs when there are many different network links connected to construct a global infrastructure. Some network segments support smaller datagrams (another term for packet or frame) than others, so larger datagrams are fragmented into the smaller, more compatible size. When the fragmented elements of the original datagram reassemble, manipulations of fragmentation can cause several potentially malicious reconstructions, such as overlapping and overrun. Think of the transporter on Star Trek: If anything gets in the way of the reassembly of the person being transported, you might end up with an evil Mr. Spock with a goatee. ...
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