HTTP POST flood

An HTTP POST flood (or simply POST flood) is a denial of service attack that uses POST requests, which are part of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).[1] It is one kind of HTTP Flood attack.[1]

History

As of late 2013, POST floods were increasingly being launched from mobile devices.[2]

See also

References
  1. "DDoS Quick Guide" (PDF). National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, Department of Homeland Security. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  2. Player, Chris (2014-01-18). "Mobile devices become launchpads for DDoS attacks". PCWorld. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
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