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Everything about Slow DoS attack
Category of denial-of-service attack
The term slow DoS attack (SDA) was introduced in 2013, to clearly define a specific category of denial-of-service attacks which make use of low-bandwidth rate to accomplish their purpose. Similar terms can be found in literature, such as:application layer DoS, focusing on attacks targeting the application layer only, while a slow DoS attack may exploit lower-layers of the ISO/OSI stack low-rate DoS, focusing on the characteristics of using a limited amount of attack bandwidth, hence, for instance, including also exploit-based threats Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Slow DoS attackA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: DefQ: Defensive Quantization Against Inference Slow-Down Attack for Edge ComputingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: American FilmThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: SDN-Assisted Slow HTTP DDoS Attack Defense MethodCited 105 times
- Go sideways: SlowdroidA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Slowloris (cyber attack)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
SDN-Assisted Slow HTTP DDoS Attack Defense Method
Slow DoS attacks: definition and categorisation
Slowcomm: Design, development and performance evaluation of a new slow DoS attack
Analysis of Slow Read DoS Attack and Countermeasures on Web servers
Mobile executions of Slow DoS attacks
Slowloris DoS Attack Based Simulation
Minimal Overhead Modelling of Slow DoS Attack Detection for Resource-Constrained IoT Networks
Metode Pertahanan Web Server Terhadap Distributed Slow HTTP DoS Attack
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
American FilmAmerican Film Institute · 1975
Modern Operating SystemsAndrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos · 1992
One damned island after anotherClive Howard · 1946
The Conspirators HierarchyJohn Coleman · 1992
The history of Detroit and MichiganSilas Farmer · 1884
Treaty Occupationay ToxicologySuelen Queiroz · 2010
Programming Game AI by ExampleMat Buckland · 2004
Sixty years in CaliforniaWilliam Heath Davis · 1889
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