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

[Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l () gmail com>]

2011/6/29 coderman <coderman () gmail com>:
> 2011/6/26 김무성 <kimms () infosec co kr>:
> > ...
> > I'm looking for meterials or information, research about that how to detect
> > DDoS attack through HTTP response analysis(throuput).
>
> you're asking the wrong question.
>
> instead of asking "How can I automagically detect exploitation of my
> shitty app via HTTP Resp. codes"
>
> ask: "Why is my webapp so shitty that any number of arbitrary requests
> lead to resource exhaustion?"

because fetching(or imitating to fetch) the result is always less
resource intense than generating it?
o_O

Tyrael

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