Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks can be a major threat to the availability and security of networks. These attacks can overwhelm network resources and cause disruptions to legitimate traffic, leading to downtime and potential financial losses. As such,...
In the previous article, we described different DDoS attacks and their impact on network infrastructure. We focused on the BGP flowspec (BGP-FS) based DDoS mitigation techniques, highlighted its importance, and explained the role of scrubbing devices/services, which...
When it comes to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, they are far from a downward trend. Although the popularity of certain types of DDoS attacks among cybercriminals varies over the quarters of 2022, the Cloudflare DDoS report for Q3 2022 clearly indicates...
The name of a network interface is a string that is generated based on the interface attributes. This is a predictable naming scheme used in OS Linux that overcomes the shortcomings of the legacy “ethX” naming scheme.We will use the enp0s3 device to...
BGP Flowspec technology provides a more granular approach to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks mitigation when compared to old-school methods, such as Remotely Triggered Black Hole (RTBH). RTBH allows a customer to signal an upstream service provider (SP) to block...
