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DDoS Attack

A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic.

Live Simulation

Live Traffic Monitor

Requests/sec: 124

Online

Total Requests

0

Server Load

0%

Status

Online

Interactive: Click "Start Attack" to simulate a botnet overwhelming the server.

How it Works

  • 1An attacker gains control of a network of online machines (Botnet).
  • 2The attacker instructs the botnet to send massive amounts of requests to a single target IP address.
  • 3The target server becomes overwhelmed, unable to process legitimate requests, leading to denial of service.

Prevention & Mitigation

Content Delivery Networks (CDN)Distribute traffic across many servers globally to absorb the load.
Rate LimitingRestrict the number of requests a user can make in a given timeframe.
Web Application Firewall (WAF)Filter and monitor HTTP traffic between a web application and the Internet.