XDoser, A Benchmarking Tool for System Load Measurement Using Denial of Service Features
This tool addresses the need for proper service load measurement to prevent service hindrance from attacks, but it is incremental as it applies existing Denial of Service methodologies to benchmarking.
The paper tackles the problem of systems being vulnerable to overload attacks by developing XDoser, a benchmarking tool that uses HTTP Flood methods to synthetically load servers, enabling endurance testing for both new and old systems.
Technology has developed so fast that we feel both safe as well as unsafe in both ways. Systems used today are always prone to attack by malicious users. In most cases, services are hindered because these systems cannot handle the amount of over loads the attacker provides. So, proper service load measurement is necessary. The tool that is being described in this paper for developments is based on the Denial of Service methodologies. This tool, XDoser will put a synthetic load on the servers for testing purpose. The HTTP Flood method is used which includes an HTTP POST method as it forces the website to gather the maximum resources possible in response to every single request. The tool developed in this paper will focus on overloading the backend with multiple requests. So, the tool can be implemented for servers new or old for synthetic test endurance testing.