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Creating a Load Test using BashScript and Trying on a website protected by AWS WAF
Today, in order to simulate DDoS attacks, we will create a Load Testing Script using BashScript and try it on a website protected by AWS WAF, step by step. Thus, we will also test the subject mentioned in my article “How to secure our resources from DDoS attacks with AWS WAF & Shield?”
Topics we will cover:
1. What are Load Testing and DDoS attacks?
2. Creating The Load Test Script
3. Controlling The Web Page Before Running The Load Test Script
5. Observing The Output of the Script
6. As a Result
7. Next Post
8. References
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1. What are Load Testing and DDoS attacks?
This kind of testing, allows you to perform load and stress testing on any internet application by generating load from the cloud and on-premises machines (1).
Load testing is a performance test used to test the website's behavior under high-traffic conditions. It is performed by generating a huge amount of website users, called a load, and then website behavior and resource utilization are measured to determine the website’s speed, stability, and scalability. Based on the reports and data collected during the testing, system resources can be optimized, and bottlenecks can be eliminated to increase website performance and load-handling capacities(2).
