Botnet-based Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks on Web Servers: Classification and Art
It addresses a critical network security problem for web server operators, but is incremental as it provides a review rather than a new solution.
The paper examines the threat of Botnet-based DDoS attacks on web servers, highlighting their increasing frequency and impact, including revenue losses for companies and government websites.
Botnets are prevailing mechanisms for the facilitation of the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on computer networks or applications. Currently, Botnet-based DDoS attacks on the application layer are latest and most problematic trends in network security threats. Botnet-based DDoS attacks on the application layer limits resources, curtails revenue, and yields customer dissatisfaction, among others. DDoS attacks are among the most difficult problems to resolve online, especially, when the target is the Web server. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study to show the danger of Botnet-based DDoS attacks on application layer, especially on the Web server and the increased incidents of such attacks that has evidently increased recently. Botnet-based DDoS attacks incidents and revenue losses of famous companies and government websites are also described. This provides better understanding of the problem, current solution space, and future research scope to defend against such attacks efficiently.