The King of Destruction - an In-Depth Analysis of Ddos Attacks and Prevention

The development of the Internet space brings opportunities as well as threats, and DDoS is one of the most destructive attacks. This book introduces DDoS from different angles, with the purpose of answering some basic questions from the perspective of the attacker: Who is attacking me? What is the purpose of attacking me? How does the attacker carry out the attack? How can I protect myself? The book is divided into 7 chapters. Chapter 1 tells the development history of DDoS, sorting out the process of exploration period, tooling, weaponization and popularization. Chapter 2 introduces the main source of DDoS attacks - botnets, discusses its development, establishment and harm, and specifically introduces voluntary botnets. Chapter 3 explains the main attack methods of DDoS, including attacking network bandwidth resources, attacking system resources, and attacking application resources. Chapter 4 lists the main DDoS tools used by attackers, and introduces comprehensive tools, stress testing tools and professional attack tools in detail with examples. Chapter 5 discusses the costs and benefits of DDoS from the attacker's perspective. Chapter 6 analyzes DDoS governance and mitigation methods, and introduces the governance of sources, paths, and reflection points, as well as dilution and cleaning technologies. Chapter 7 looks forward to the future and conducts some discussions on cyber warfare, APT attacks and big data technology.