Re: Data on latency and loss-rates during congestion DDoS attacks

[Damian Menscher via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

I suggest testing with a broad variety of values, as losses as low as 5%
can be annoying, but losses at 50% or more are not uncommon.

Damian

On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 4:41 AM Amir Herzberg <amir.lists () gmail com> wrote:

> Dear NANOG,
>
> One of my ongoing research works is about a transport protocol that
> ensures (critical) communication in spite of DDoS congestion attack (which
> cannot be circumvented), by (careful) use of Forward Error Correction. Yes,
> obviously, this has to be done and used carefully since the FEC clearly
> increases traffic rather than the typical congestion-control approach of
> reducing it, I'm well aware of it; but some applications are critical (and
> often low-bandwidth) so such tool is important.
>
> I am looking for data on loss rate and congestion of DDoS attacks to make
> sure we use right parameters. Any chance you have such data and can share?
>
> Many thanks!
> --
> Amir Herzberg
> Comcast chair of security innovation, University of Connecticut
> Foundations of cybersecurity
> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323243320_Introduction_to_Cyber-Security_Part_I_Applied_Cryptography_Lecture_notes_and_exercises>,
>  part
> I (see also part II and presentations):
> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323243320_Introduction_to_Cyber-Security_Part_I_Applied_Cryptography_Lecture_notes_and_exercises
> <https://www.researchgate.net/project/Lecture-notes-on-Introduction-to-Cyber-Security>