Assessing the security of web service frameworks against Denial of Service attacks

• Published in: The Journal of systems and software Vol. 109; pp. 18 - 31
• Main Authors: Oliveira, Rui André, Laranjeiro, Nuno, Vieira, Marco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.11.2015; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Denial of service attacks; Experimental assessment; Internet; Internet service providers; Network security; Security; Studies; Web service frameworks; Web services; Security; Web service frameworks; Experimental assessment

•An approach to test web service frameworks in the presence of security attacks.•Disclosure of severe failures and dubious behaviors in attacked frameworks.•Application of an easy technique for quantitative analysis of the impact of attacks. Web services frequently provide business–critical function...