RE: [PHP] Is there a name for this kind of DOS attack?

Not sure, but it sounds to me like a denial-of-service attack. Warren Vail -----Original Message----- From: Richard Davey [mailto:rich@launchcode.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 5:17 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Is there a name for this kind of DOS attack? Hi all, I've just finished dealing with, and protecting against, an attack on a server that did the following: It found the "weakest" point on the site - i.e. the one with the most database connections / heaviest processor load required to generate that page - and then set about requesting this page hundreds of times. All via standard HTTP GET requests. The resulting load on the server as it tried to deal with each request bought Apache to its knees. The page in question was collating data from various sources in a tabular format, so had a number of SQL queries and PHP processing to do - it wasn't just a plain content page, but part of an application. I was just wondering if there was a specific title for this kind of DOS attack? (you know, like Smurf, Fraggle, Ping of Death, SYN, etc). Best regards, Richard Davey -- http://www.launchcode.co.uk - PHP Development Services "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php