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Re: how to detect DDoS attack through HTTP response analysis(throuput)


From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:08:19 +0000

On Jun 27, 2011, at 9:30 AM, 김무성 wrote:

if there are many "408 request timeout" responses, we can think this is slowloris or RUDY DDoS attack.


Many things can cause this - not just DDoS.  In fact, I've rarely seen a DDoS resulting in these responses, because in 
an effective DDoS, one often doesn't get any response at all.

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