COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK TOPOLOGIES AND PROTOCOLS
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Question
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Shoer
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Kicker
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Dosser
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Booter
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many DDoS attack tools such as HTTP Unbearable Load King (HULK), Slowloris, PyLoris, DAVOSET, GodenEye, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) HTTP Post, Low Orbit ION Cannon (LOIC), High Orbit ION Cannon (HOIC), Xoic, Tor’s Hammer, DDoSSIM (DDoS Simulator) and RUDY (R-U-Dead-Yet) are freely available.
Detailed explanation-2: -Booters, also known as booter services, are on-demand DDoS (Distributed-Denial-of-Service) attack services offered by enterprising criminals in order to bring down websites and networks. In other words, booters are the illegitimate use of IP stressers.
Detailed explanation-3: -IP address spoofing is used for two reasons in DDoS attacks: to mask botnet device locations and to stage a reflected assault. A botnet is a cluster of malware-infected devices remotely controlled by perpetrators without the knowledge of their owners.