Application Layer Denial-of-Service Attacks and Defense Mechanisms

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Nikhil Tripathi ◽  
Neminath Hubballi
Keyword(s):  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Denial Of Service Attacks ◽  
Application Layer ◽  
Dos Attacks ◽  
Protocol Implementation ◽  
Comprehensive Survey

Application layer Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks are generated by exploiting vulnerabilities of the protocol implementation or its design. Unlike volumetric DoS attacks, these are stealthy in nature and target a specific application running on the victim. There are several attacks discovered against popular application layer protocols in recent years. In this article, we provide a structured and comprehensive survey of the existing application layer DoS attacks and defense mechanisms. We classify existing attacks and defense mechanisms into different categories, describe their working, and compare them based on relevant parameters. We conclude the article with directions for future research.

Vulnerability Analysis and Defenses in Wireless Networks

2008 ◽  
pp. 129-144
Author(s):  
Lawan A. Mohammed ◽  
Biju Issac
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Denial Of Service Attacks ◽  
Critical Component ◽  
Dos Attacks ◽  
Security Vulnerabilities ◽  
Wired Networks ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
Network Vulnerabilities

This chapter shows that the security challenges posed by the 802.11 wireless networks are manifold and it is therefore important to explore the various vulnerabilities that are present with such networks. Along with other security vulnerabilities, defense against denial of service attacks is a critical component of any security system. Unlike wired networks where denial of service attacks has been extensively studied, there is a lack of research for preventing such attacks in wireless networks. In addition to various vulnerabilities, some factors leading to different types of denial of service (DoS) attacks and some defense mechanisms are discussed in this chapter. This can help to better understand the wireless network vulnerabilities and subsequently more techniques and procedures to combat these attacks may be developed by researchers.

E-Government and Denial of Service Attacks

2011 ◽  
pp. 1364-1378
Author(s):  
Aikaterini Mitrokotsa ◽  
Christos Douligeris
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Dos Attacks ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Repair Costs ◽  
Electronic Technologies

The use of electronic technologies in government services has played a significant role in making citizens’ lives more convenient. Even though the transition to digital governance has great advantages for the quality of government services it may be accompanied with many security threats. One of the major threats and hardest security problems e-Government faces are the Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. DoS attacks have already taken some of the most popular e-government sites off-line for several hours causing enormous losses and repair costs. In this chapter, important incidents of DoS attacks and results from surveys that indicate the seriousness of the problem are presented. In order to limit the problem of DoS attacks in government organisations we also present a list of best practices that can be used to combat the problem together with a classification of attacks and defense mechanisms.

scholarly journals Security-Aware Autonomic Allocation of Cloud Resources

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Sukhpal Singh Gill ◽  
Arash Shaghaghi
Keyword(s):  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Allocation Of Resources ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Dos Attacks ◽  
Allocation Model ◽  
Cloud Workloads ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Security And Reliability ◽  
Heterogeneous Cloud

Cloud computing has emerged as a dominant platform for computing for the foreseeable future. A key factor in the adoption of this technology is its security and reliability. Here, this article addresses a key challenge which is the secure allocation of resources. The authors propose a security-based resource allocation model for execution of cloud workloads called STARK. The solution is designed to ensure security against probing, User to Root (U2R), Remote to Local (R2L) and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks whilst the execution of heterogeneous cloud workloads. Further, this paper highlights the promising directions for future research.

scholarly journals Application-layer denial of service attacks: taxonomy and survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2/3/4) ◽  
pp. 216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios Mantas ◽  
Natalia Stakhanova ◽  
Hugo Gonzalez ◽  
Hossein Hadian Jazi ◽  
Ali A. Ghorbani
Keyword(s):  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Denial Of Service Attacks ◽  
Application Layer

Characterization of defense mechanisms against distributed denial of service attacks

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 665-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Chiou Chen ◽  
Thomas A. Longstaff ◽  
Kathleen M. Carley
Keyword(s):  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Denial Of Service Attacks ◽  
Distributed Denial Of Service

scholarly journals MODERN APPROACHES OF SECURING COMPUTER NETWORKS FROM DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS

2014 ◽  
pp. 95-104
Author(s):  
Andrian Piskozub
Keyword(s):  
Computer Networks ◽  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Denial Of Service Attacks ◽  
Dos Attacks

The aim of this paper is to understand reasons why denial of service (DoS) attacks are happening; to find ways how to avoid these attacks or lessen their influence; to work out strategy of detecting and preventing these attacks.

scholarly journals Detection of DoS Attacks in an IoT Environment with MQTT Protocol Based on Intelligent Binary Classifiers

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Álvaro Michelena ◽  
Francisco Zayas-Gato ◽  
Esteban Jove ◽  
José Luis Calvo-Rolle
Keyword(s):  
Dimension Reduction ◽  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Denial Of Service Attacks ◽  
Classification Algorithms ◽  
Dos Attacks ◽  
Reduction Techniques ◽  
Binary Classifiers ◽  
Dimension Reduction Techniques

The present work deals with the problem of detecting Denial of Service attacks in an IoT environment. To achieve this goal, a dataset registered in an MQTT protocol network is used, applying dimension reduction techniques combined with classification algorithms. The final classifiers presents successful results.

scholarly journals AntibIoTic: Protecting IoT Devices Against DDoS Attacks

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele De Donno ◽  
Nicola Dragoni ◽  
Alberto Giaretta ◽  
Manuel Mazzara
Keyword(s):  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Denial Of Service Attacks ◽  
Distributed Denial Of Service ◽  
Ddos Attacks ◽  
Dos Attacks ◽  
The World ◽  
Iot Devices

The 2016 is remembered as the year that showed to the world how dangerous distributed Denial of Service attacks can be. Gauge of the disruptiveness of DDoS attacks is the number of bots involved: the bigger the botnet, the more powerful the attack. This character, along with the increasing availability of connected and insecure IoT devices, makes DDoS and IoT the perfect pair for the malware industry. In this paper we present the main idea behind AntibIoTic, a palliative solution to prevent DoS attacks perpetrated through IoT devices.

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