LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon)
Multi-layer
Description
A tool used to generate high volumes of traffic to flood a target server.
Mitigation Capabilities
- Anycast: Yes, disperses traffic across nodes.
- NGINX Proxy: Partially, helps with rate limiting.
- HAProxy: Yes, manages high volumes of traffic.
- IDS Suricata: Yes, detects LOIC-specific patterns.
- WAF: Yes, filters abnormal HTTP requests.
- OWASP Rules: Yes, mitigates LOIC-generated traffic.
- Complex anycast solution – WEDOS Protection: Yes, mitigates LOIC attacks efficiently.
Solutions
Use advanced WAF and behavior-based analysis.
Why WEDOS Protection?
WEDOS Protection provides Anycast-powered edge protection that filters malicious traffic before it reaches your core systems. For DDoS types like LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon) , WEDOS offers scalable global filtering combined with advanced detection strategies and 24/7 support.
Can WEDOS Protection help?
✅ WEDOS Protection is highly effective against this attack due to global Anycast and intelligent filtering.
WEDOS
Protection