WS-Attacker DOS-Extension Helpfile

This document provides a fast overview of how to read the results.

If you have any questions regarding the tool in general or certain functions, feel free to contact: andreas.falkenberg@rub.de


Attack Success Metric

The definition of a successful DOS attack depends on the goal of the attacker. In Order to consider different attacker goals, 2 different attack success parameters are defined:

Attack Graph explained

The result GUI is supposed to be read in the following way If more than one request got send within an interval,
the mean value of all requests that got send within that interval is calculated. DoS graph

Architecture of the DoS extension

The following process takes place once an attack was started.
The attack parameters can be set during attack configuration.

DoS attack activity diagram