The vulnerabilities exist in some implementations of the TCP protocol, specifically in the way some TCP implementations keep track of the state of TCP connections, and allow an attacker to exhaust the resources of a system under attack without utilizing much resources on the system used to launch ...
There are more cases in which improved growth has been achieved under stress conditions, but without much understanding of the underlying mechanism. Overexpression of the transcription factor AtNF-YB1, for example, increases the growth, yield, and survival of Arabidopsis and maize under drought (...