XML-DoS and HTTP-DoS Attacks in the Cloud

XML and HTTP DoS or DDoS attacks both aim to exhaust server resources. EXtensible Markup Language (XML) and HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) are both used extensively in cloud computing web services. Not very much work has been done to ensure security in relation to these protocols; for example, XML requests are implicitly assumed to be … Continue reading XML-DoS and HTTP-DoS Attacks in the Cloud