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Blue Screen of Death Observed for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 under DDoS Security Attack

2016; Scientific Research Publishing; Volume: 07; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4236/jis.2016.74018

2153-1242

Koushicaa Sundar, Sanjeev Kumar,

Information and Cyber Security

Microsoft server Operating Systems are considered to have in-built, host based security features that should provide some protection against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. In this paper, we presented results of experiments that were conducted to test the security capability of the latest server Operating System from Microsoft Inc., namely Windows Server 2012 R2. Experiments were designed to evaluate its in-built security features in defending against a common Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, namely the TCP-SYN based DDoS attack. Surprisingly, it was found that the Windows Server 2012 R2 OS lacked sufficient host-based protection and was found to be unable to defend against even a medium intensity3.1 Gbps-magnitude of TCP-SYN attack traffic. The server was found to crash within minutes after displaying a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) under such security attacks.