An HTTP flood attack is a volumetric DDoS attack that attempts to flood a server with HTTP requests. HTTP GET and HTTP POST are the two types of HTTP attacks. POST requests are used to access dynamically created resources, while GET requests obtain conventional, static information such as graphics. The primary goal of an HTTP flood DDoS assault is to produce malicious traffic resembling a human.
The popularity of the internet has contributed to the common usage of HTTP. HTTP is the protocol that underpins browser-based internet requests and is often used to load websites or convey form data across the internet. HTTP floods are successful for targeting a website’s resource-intensive components.
HTTP flood assaults are among the most sophisticated non-vulnerability threats that web servers currently face. Unfortunately, it’s difficult for network security features to distinguish between genuine HTTP traffic and malicious HTTP traffic, which can lead to many errors if not properly handled.