AUSTIN, TX -- 11/03/09 --
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks
have become an enormous risk, shutting down businesses, halting bank
transactions and disrupting government communications. This past summer,
DDoS attacks were rampant, most notably in July, when cyber attacks, created
with the help of botnets, targeted a number of government, news media and
financial Web sites in South Korea and the United States. Just a month
later, several social networking services, including Twitter, Facebook and
Google, were struck with DDoS attacks, crippling services for hours.
DDoS attacks are an imminent threat to all business and government networks
and one of the reasons BreakingPoint is hosting a webcast and publishing a
DDoS and Botnet Test Methodology. During the webcast, to be held on
November 4, 2009, participants will learn how to replicate DDoS and botnet
attacks in order to validate the performance and security of a network
before an attack occurs. All webcast registrants will also receive a copy
of the test methodology.
Register now for the
BreakingPoint webcast on November 4, 2009 and receive the "BreakingPoint
DDoS and Botnet Test Methodology".
Prepare for the Inevitable DDoS and Botnet Attack
A DDoS attack attempts to make a computer resource unavailable for others
to use, and it can range from a simple SYN Flood to the more advanced
service-specific attacks. As DDoS and botnet attacks have become more
frequent and damaging, it has become more important to test network
equipment and application servers with these same attacks in mind. Only
through realistic attack simulation can you determine how equipment and the
network will respond under attack. The "BreakingPoint DDoS and Botnet Test
Methodology" replicates a variety of attacks to help users find their
network weaknesses before others do. Such attacks include the following:
-- DDoS attacks designed to consume all available bandwidth, all disk
space or all available CPU cycles
-- DDoS attacks designed to disrupt important information flow such as
routing tables by injecting false routes, thus causing packets to
be misrouted
-- DDoS attacks designed to break the physical layer of the network and
obstruct the communication between the end point and the user
-- Botnet attacks designed to send large quantities of unsolicited e-mail
to trigger Delivery Server Notifications to spoofed originating email
addresses
Comment from BreakingPoint CTO and Co-founder Dennis Cox
"Denial of service attacks come in all forms. There is the Digg effect,
where a service becomes so popular so quickly that it becomes inaccessible.
There are also malicious DDoS attacks, when a competitor attacks your
services in order to deny your customers access. Finally, we even see the
life-threatening DDoS attack, such as when the Eastern European syndicates
decide to blackmail your business. Understanding and replicating all the
possible DDoS and botnet scenarios are two things our team at BreakingPoint
was created to do."
Register now for the
BreakingPoint webcast on November 4, 2009 and receive the "BreakingPoint
DDoS and Botnet Test Methodology".
Additional BreakingPoint Test Methodology Resources
BreakingPoint provides a library of test
methodologies designed to help equipment manufacturers, service
providers, and enterprise and government buyers validate the performance,
security and resiliency of a range of network equipment, including the
following:
Firewall Test Methodology
The BreakingPoint Firewall Test Methodology is designed to evaluate
firewalls and will identify the performance characteristics of these
devices as they operate in a production environment. BreakingPoint
details firewall testing in this test methodology.
Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) Test Methodology
Intrusion Prevention Systems require constant testing in order to verify
that the device is working properly, even after every upgrade and/or
signature set. BreakingPoint details how to test IPS through the
simulation of realistic global network traffic.
Server Load Balancer Test Methodology
When performing server load balancer testing, it is important to ensure
that the device under testing performs well and processes transactions
reliably under adverse conditions, such as extreme loads, security
attacks and other anomalies. BreakingPoint explains how to test server
load balancers under the most realistic conditions.
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) Test Methodology
Effective testing of DPI functionality requires an authentic blend of
application traffic with live security strikes, at line-rate speeds.
In this test methodology, BreakingPoint examines how to test DPI
capabilities in any network device.
About BreakingPoint
BreakingPoint accelerates the development and testing of high-performance,
content-aware network equipment; ensures network resiliency; and reduces
time to test with fast, accurate, responsive and easy-to-use application,
performance and security testing tools. BreakingPoint is headquartered in
Austin, Texas, with offices around the world. For more information, visit
breakingpoint.com and download the latest test
methodologies for firewall testing, IPS testing, server load balancer testing and
more.
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