IP Library Granted Patent US 8,990,936
Granted Patent B2
US 8,990,936 · App. 13/681,703 · Granted Mar 24, 2015

Method and device for detecting flood attacks

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Patent No.
US 8,990,936
App. No.
13/681,703
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a flood attack detection method, wherein the total number of keywords of a source packet is acquired, and the number of feature parameters corresponding to the source packet is acquired. A ratio of the number of feature parameters to the total number of keywords is compared with a preset threshold, and if the ratio is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, it is determined that a flood attack occurs.

Claims (18)

1. A flood attack detection method, the method being carried out by a computer device having a processor, comprising:

receiving, by the device, source packets transmitted from a plurality of hosts, wherein the source packets include text content; and

counting, by the device, a total number of the received source packets carrying a keyword in a predetermined time to obtain a total number of the source packets with the keyword, wherein each received source packet's text content carries the keyword;

obtaining, by the device, a number of failure response packets in response to the received source packets transmitted from the plurality of hosts, wherein each of the failure response packets is generated and sent by a destination host of a source packet in the source packets, and indicates a request for resource on the destination host which causes a failure;

calculating a ratio of the number of the failure response packets to the total number of the source packets with the keyword; and

determining that a flood attack has occurred when the ratio exceeds or is equal to a preset failure threshold.

2. The flood attack detection method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing, by the device, keyword feature filtering on the source packets, and the packets left is the source packets carrying the keyword.

3. A flood attack detection apparatus, comprising:

a processor configured to:

receive source packets transmitted from a plurality of hosts, wherein the source packets include text content; and

count a total number of the received source packets carrying a keyword in a predetermined time to obtain a total number of the source packets with the keyword, wherein each received source packet's text content carries the keyword;

obtain a number of failure response packets in response to the received source packets transmitted from the plurality of hosts, wherein each of the failure response packets is generated and sent by a destination host of a source packet in the source packets, and indicates a request for resource on the destination host which causes a failure;

calculate a ratio of the number of the failure response packets to the total number of the source packets with the keyword;

compare the ratio with a preset failure threshold; and

determine that a flood attack has occurred when the ratio exceeds or is equal to the preset failure threshold.

4. The flood attack detection apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:

a storage unit, configured to storage a data table consisting of the total number of the source packets carrying the keyword and the number of the failure response packets.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 8, 2014
From: CHENGDU HUAWEI SYMANTEC TECHNOLOGIES CO., LIMITED
To: HUAWEI DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES (CHENG DU) CO. LIMITED.
Reel/Frame 034537/0210 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2012
From: JIANG, WU
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029382/0887 →