In recent years, cloud environments have faced escalating threats from Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, particularly Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and Economic Denial of Sustainability (EDoS) attacks. EDoS attacks, in particular, exploit cloud scalability to inflate costs for cloud customers and providers, creating economic strain. While existing mitigation strategies address certain aspects of these attacks, they remain limited in ensuring comprehensive protection for cloud customers and providers.
This paper proposes a novel, proactive framework called the EDoS-Aegis System (EDoS-Aegis), designed to enhance network resilience and mitigate the economic impact of these attacks on cloud systems. The EDoS-Aegis framework is implemented on the customer's side, creating a robust protective layer that guards both customer networks and cloud providers from DDoS and EDoS attacks. It achieves this by focusing on precise traffic source verification, reducing response times, and safeguarding cloud scalability. Through effective filtering techniques based on queuing models, the framework selectively blocks malicious traffic while facilitating faster response times for legitimate users.
The framework explores four hypothetical scenarios. Each scenario simulates requests from various sources, highlighting the system's reactions to legitimate and malicious users. A conceptual evaluation then follows, assessing the framework's effectiveness and identifying potential areas for improvement. This analysis will inform adjustments aimed at fortifying the framework against attacks that threaten cloud-based networks, paving the way for a more resilient defense system.
Keywords: Cloud Security, DDoS, EDoS, Proactive Shielding, Traffic Filtering.
How to cite this article: Bandeela S, Bulla S. EDoS-Aegis: a proactive shielding framework against EDoS and DDoS attacks for enhanced cloud security. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(3s): 1007-1015; DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.3s.121
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