This project simulates a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack in a network of nodes using C++. It models legitimate and malicious traffic, processes packets, and applies mitigation strategies to analyze how a target system handles attack scenarios.
⚠️ For educational and ethical use only. This simulation is intended solely for research and learning purposes.
- Node-based virtual network simulation
- Simulates attacker vs legitimate traffic sources
- Supports various DDoS mitigation techniques:
- ✅ Rate Limiting
- ✅ IP Filtering
- ✅ Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
- ✅ Traffic Pattern Analysis
- Packet-level processing and drop stats
- Modular design to easily add more techniques
- Nodes generate packets targeting a specific node (victim).
- Attackers generate high-volume traffic based on configurable intensity.
- The simulator evaluates the effect of each mitigation strategy across multiple time steps.
- Statistics on packets processed, dropped, and load on the target node are logged for each step.
- C++17 compatible compiler (e.g. g++, clang++)
- Linux/MacOS/Windows Terminal
g++ src/main.cpp -o ddos_simulation./ddos_simulation=== DDoS Attack Simulation ===
Network configuration: 50 nodes, 10 attackers, target node: 0
=== Without Mitigation ===
Time step: 0
Packets processed: 400 (Legitimate: 100, Attack: 300)
Packets dropped: 600 (Legitimate: 0, Attack: 600)
Target node load: 1000/1000
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ddos-attack-simulation/
├── src/
│ └── main.cpp # Main simulation code
├── README.md # Project documentation
├── LICENSE # MIT License
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This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
Rajath Patil Kulkarni