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Application-layer Attacks

Application-Layer Attack is a type of Denial-of-Service Attack that targets the application layer of the network stack by exhausting server resources through seemingly legitimate and protocol-compliant requests, distinguished from lower-layer attacks by its focus on exploiting application-specific logic and processes.

218

Publications

9.5K

Citations

620

Authors

278

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

84

Variants

L7 AttacksLayer 7 Attacks

Parents

Publications

218

Monitoring the Application-Layer DDoS Attacks for Popular Websites

Yi Xie, Shun‐Zheng Yu · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking · 2008 · 268 citations

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A Large-Scale Hidden Semi-Markov Model for Anomaly Detection on User Browsing Behaviors

Yi Xie, Shun‐Zheng Yu · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking · 2008 · 221 citations

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SDN-Based Architecture for Transport and Application Layer DDoS Attack Detection by Using Machine and Deep Learning

Noe M. Yungaicela-Naula, Cesar Vargas‐Rosales, Jesús Arturo Pérez-Díaz · IEEE Access · 2021 · 201 citations · Full text

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Detecting HTTP-based application layer DoS attacks on web servers in the presence of sampling

Hossein Hadian Jazi, Hugo Gonzalez, Natalia Stakhanova et al. · Computer Networks · 2017 · 200 citations

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DDoS-Shield: DDoS-Resilient Scheduling to Counter Application Layer Attacks

S. Ranjan, Ram Swaminathan, Mustafa Uysal et al. · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking · 2008 · 182 citations

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Authors

620

  1. AR
    Abdul Razzaq

    National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan

    5 publications · 152 citations

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  2. YX
    Yi Xie

    Sun Yat-sen University, China

    5 publications · 593 citations

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  3. TM
    Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar

    Florida Atlantic University, United States

    5 publications · 142 citations

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  4. AH
    Ali Hur

    National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan

    5 publications · 152 citations

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  5. HB
    Hakem Beitollahi

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    4 publications · 145 citations

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    h-index

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Institutions

278

  1. Sun Yat-sen University

    Guangzhou, China

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. National University of Sciences and Technology

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    5 h-index

    22 publications

    577 citations

  3. Florida Atlantic University

    Boca Raton, United States

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    466 citations

  4. Central South University

    Changsha, China

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    908 citations

  5. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    249 citations

  6. National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

    Tiruchchirappalli, India

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    368 citations

  7. Deakin University

    Burwood, Australia

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    1K citations

  8. Beihang University

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    202 citations

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Venues

  1. Sensors

    4 publications · 293 citations

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  2. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

    TON · 3 publications · 671 citations

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  4. IEEE Access

    3 publications · 247 citations

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  5. Procedia Computer Science

    3 publications · 122 citations

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