Status Report - Mail Bombing of World.std.com by Sprint Client + FAQ

This will cause Barry to SYN-flood himself.

The only way to block it is with incoming filters.
If you block the outbound path back, you'll get SYNs, return SYN-acks,
but never get those ACKed...

Avi <Who did this to himself once>

Agreed. So, the question arises, why can't Barry do this? It seems
to me to be the logical solution, since the source address is already
known.