HTTP Flood Detection

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

This rule detects high rates of HTTP requests that may be used to overwhelm web servers, commonly part of application layer DoS attacks.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "DETECTION_ACTION_FORTINET_HTTP_FLOOD" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.IDS_NAME,Action1.EVENTID,Action1.DEST_IP,Action1.DEST_PORT,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.SOURCE_IP,Action1.STATUS

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Fortinet