Simulation Analysis of SYN Flood and HTTP Flood Attacks on Cloud Infrastructure Integrity

Ng Yen Phing, Caleb Chong Senn Yang, Low Choon Keat and Phoon Gar Chi
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Ng Yen Phing: Department of Information and Communication Technology, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology
Caleb Chong Senn Yang: Department of Information and Communication Technology, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology
Low Choon Keat: Department of Information and Communication Technology, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology
Phoon Gar Chi: Department of Information and Communication Technology, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 10, 8328-8346

Abstract: This paper presents a comparative simulation study of SYN Flood and HTTP Flood Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks in cloud environments using CloudSim. A modular testbed was configured with attacker VMs generating cloudlets and victim VMs handling legitimate workloads, under realistic network constraints. Experimental results revealed distinct attack signatures: SYN Flood produced high volumes of half-open connections, while HTTP Flood exhausted CPU, memory, and bandwidth due to resource-intensive request processing. SYN Flood achieved a 35% packet loss rate with 10,000 cloudlets, while HTTP Flood produced a 40% loss rate with only 3,000 requests, demonstrating that application-layer attacks, though lower in volume, cause more severe degradation. These findings highlight the importance of nuanced defense strategies tailored to each attack type, beyond volumetric thresholds alone.

Date: 2025
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