How Web Protocol Weaknesses Enable Layer 7 DoS Attacks

How Web Protocol Weaknesses Enable Layer 7 DoS Attacks What Are Layer 7 DoS Attacks? Layer 7 (Application Layer) DoS (Denial of Service) attacks target the top of the OSI 7 model by overwhelming server resources, such as CPU, memory, or disk I/O, through seemingly legitimate application requests (e.g., HTTP or HTTPS). Unlike traditional DoS…