I can think of a few ways to test. Everything from Apache Benchmark tools, Slowloris, to tweaked BSD/Solaris machines. Contact me for more information.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>John</div><div><a href="http://www.securesql.info">www.securesql.info</a></div>
<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Jeff Tchang <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeff.tchang@gmail.com">jeff.tchang@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
This might be kind of unorthodox but one approach that would work is<br>
to simulate a scaled down botnet:<br>
<br>
- Figure out who your customers are. Suppose I was running a website.<br>
I would start logging IP addresses for a few weeks, months, etc.<br>
- I would take those IP addresses and do some analysis on them. Figure<br>
out what networks/geographical locations my users are coming from. I<br>
would try to aggregate the data by subnets.<br>
<br>
- At this point I would pick the top few subnets or geographical<br>
regions that tended to pop up. I would somehow obtain boxes with load<br>
testing software at those locations.<br>
<br>
- The test would help reveal load issues coming from a # of different<br>
IPs. It would also give assurance that this is the primary customer<br>
that would be affected in the event of a true DDoS attack.<br>
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-Jeff<br>
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On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Kristian Erik Hermansen<br>
<<a href="mailto:kristian.hermansen@gmail.com">kristian.hermansen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Moin Moin,<br>
><br>
> Other than renting out an illegitimate botnet, can anyone suggest some<br>
> ways to test how well an infrastructure is able to defend against<br>
> specific DDoS attacks? Commonly it is discovered that some device in<br>
> path of the target is unable to process certain payloads or heavy<br>
> traffic, rather than the target itself. If anyone has suggestions, it<br>
> would be greatly appreciated.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> --<br>
> Kristian Erik Hermansen<br>
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