DDOS: Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) HTTP Method
This signature detects the behavior of the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) packet flooding tool when using the HTTP Method option. Attackers can use this tool to send extremely large amounts of packets over the network to attempt to overwhelm a target. When used collectively from multiple sources, a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) can occur. Due to high performance impact this signature can impart, this signature should only be used to protect your Web-servers when under active attack.
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Short Name
DDOS:LOIC-HTTP-METHOD
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
DDOS
Keywords
(LOIC) Cannon HTTP Ion Low Method Orbit
Release Date
12/09/2010
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3324
False Positive
Rarely