Introduction to DDoS Attacks
- Definition: A DDoS attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service, or network by overwhelming it with a flood of Internet traffic.
- Types of DDoS Attacks: There are several types, including volumetric attacks (aimed at overwhelming the bandwidth), application-layer attacks (targeting the application layer), and protocol attacks (targeting network layer or transport layer).
: Overwhelms target ports with a massive volume of User Datagram Protocol packets, forcing the host to check for applications at those ports and respond with "Destination Unreachable". HTTP GET Flood
# Target IP and Port target_ip = "127.0.0.1" target_port = 80If you want to see how your server handles a "flood" of traffic for optimization purposes, use Locust. It is a Python-based performance testing tool.