It has to be configured
set security screen ids-option ids-zoneX tcp syn-flood alarm-threshold # set security screen ids-option ids-zoneX tcp syn-flood attack-threshold # set security screen ids-option ids-zoneX tcp syn-flood source-threshold # set security screen ids-option ids-zoneX tcp syn-flood destination-threshold # set security screen ids-option ids-zoneX tcp syn-flood timeout # set security zones security-zone zoneX screen ids-zoneX
Explanation of the parameters:
You can change default syn-cookie mechanism to syn-proxy using:
set security flow syn-flood-protection-mode syn-proxy