Load-fire exercises on queries
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Overview of techniques used for load-testing and those observed in real web attacks, focusing on methods for generating and handling high-load request floods. Covers practical testing approaches and examples of attack patterns applied to websites.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:30Why stress testing
- 3:37Five key principles
- 6:06Load vs stress testing
- 7:08Application-level attacks
- 10:20Finding vulnerabilities
- 12:49Authorization attacks
- 15:19Search and DB load
- 17:31REST API vulnerabilities
- 18:36Heavy content attacks
- 19:38Weak servers and configs
- 20:20Wave attacks and impacts
- 21:45Peak load issues
- 24:35Attack synchronization problems
- 24:57Network-level attacks
- 26:23Measuring packet load
- 28:50IP blocking issues
- 31:01Testing tools
- 33:06Partner testing mistakes
- 34:50Protection recommendations
- 36:37Q&A
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