期刊名称：International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies
电子版ISSN：0975-9646
出版年度：2014
卷号：5
期号：4
页码：5149-5152
出版社：TechScience Publications
摘要：Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are being used with increasing frequency and force to destabilize internet based resources across the globe. The concept of the attack is to overwhelm the resources of an internet website or cloud resource with spurious requests so that it can no longer cater to the requests of genuine users. Distributed attacks are implements with the help of botnets which are networks of compromised computers throughout the world that work as robots for the master of the botnet or the main attacking agent. Botnets are a serious threat to the internet and its resources. The botnet is used to perform a broad range of black and grey hat hacking methods from spamming to large scale attacks on networking based defense systems or major financial institutions. Botnets are also extensively used in credit card related crimes and multiple forms of spying. The role of botnets in implementing distributed denial of service attacks is particularly pivotal. The botnet in essence is the platform on which a denial of service attack is launched. The botnet supplies variety and numbers (in terms of computers) to the attacker. General Terms-Algorithm for Preventing DDoS
