Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attack

What is this session about?

The theme of this training session is Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. First, the topic is introduced by outlining the typical motivations for and consequences of launching a DDoS attack, the structure of a DDoS service, the relevant legislation, the current academic research, commercial defense offerings, and the feature set of smaller (D)DoS attack tools. Then, a more in-depth presentation of the main types of DDoS attack are presented, as well as a more in-depth overview on how to choose the most suitable defensive techniques. Finally, the real-life defensive system deployed by Telenor is demonstrated, and the effect of an actual attack (and defense) on a game of Counterstrike is shown.

Teacher: Martin Fejrskov Andersen

(Notice: this session will be in english)

What does it require to participate?

Basic knowledge about the differences between different network elements, such as routers, layer 3-4 firewalls, application layer firewalls, web servers etc.

Basic knowledge about the TCP/UDP/IP protocols, such as the role of the TCP flags in connection establishment/closure and the role of source/destination IP and port numbers.

Basic knowledge about general application layer protocols like HTTP, NTP and DNS, such as knowing the purposes of the protocols, and to have an idea about the format and contents of common packets seen in the protocols.

Do I need to install something on beforehand?

No preinstallations required.