Authorized DDoS simulations
Find the breaking point before attackers do.
ddos-simulation.com launches bounded, authorized DDoS simulations against infrastructure you own. Rehearse real attack techniques across Layers 3–7, watch service health in real time, and stop the instant you have your answer.
- 130attack techniques
- 50mshealth sampling
- Multi-clouddistributed traffic
- < 1s*emergency auto-abort
portal.ddos-simulation.com/tests/248/live
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Q3 resilience test
Checkout API resilience check
app.example.com · Layer 7 + network sweep
Slowloris simulation
01:12 remaining
Live latency · HTTPS
128 ms
2xx 4,812
3xx 12
4xx 3
5xx 0
Illustrative preview — sample data, not a live test.
- Ownership verified
- Scope reviewed
- Authorized
- Traffic limits locked
- Live monitoring and abort controls
The simulation library
Simulate 130 DDoS techniques across OSI layers, protocols, and CVEs.
DDoS simulation testing rehearses a real attack against infrastructure you own so you can measure how it holds up. Browse our featured techniques below or explore our complete 130-simulation catalog across Layers 3–7, HTTP/2/3 control frames, API gateways, and 2024–2026 CVE resilience checks. Explore all 130 simulations
A guided, reviewed engagement
From your plan to a live test, reviewed at every step
- 01 Your team
Build or request a plan
Compose a timeline of attack techniques yourself using our interactive builder, or request a custom plan and tell us what you need — we'll design it. Name the target you intend to test; no verification needed just to plan.
- 02 We review
We review scope & quote
We review the delivery path across your cloud, hosting, CDN, network, DNS, and mitigation providers. We coordinate any required provider reviews with you before confirming the timing and one-off price.
- 03 Your team
Review quote & sign
Once accepted, review the confirmed price and schedule, have an authorized representative sign the Rules of Engagement, and verify domain ownership via HTTPS. Strict safety gates ensure nothing runs until those authorizations are complete.
- 04 We execute together
Joint war room & execution
We coordinate with upstream providers and join your team in a shared Slack/Teams channel or live war room bridge. Together, we execute the simulation with stepped ramp-ups, real-time commentary, and automatic abort safeguards.
Timeline builder
Compose the assessment, then request a quote.
Drop any of the 130 techniques onto a timeline, set each one's rate and duration, and run them back-to-back or overlapped. Start from a preset or build from scratch — when the plan is ready, request a quote for our review.
Verified target
app.example.com verified
Example plan- 00:00HTTPS flood L7 3m
Ramp a Layer 7 request flood against the origin.
- 03:00Slowloris L7 3m
Hold connections open with a slow trickle of keep-alives.
- 06:00SSL/TLS exhaustion L6 2m
Pressure the handshake with full TLS negotiations.
- 08:00SYN flood L4 3m
Stress the SYN backlog and connection-tracking tables.
- 11:00UDP flood L4 2m
Probe UDP ingress filtering and bandwidth headroom.
- 13:00HTTP/2 Rapid Reset L7 2m
Rapidly open and cancel multiplexed streams to stress reset handling.
Live health monitoring
Watch the service breathe under load.
Safe HTTPS observations on your verified domain — as often as every 50 ms, across up to eight paths at once, with no redirects followed and private and loopback addresses blocked. Latency and response codes stream to charts you can zoom and pan, every command marked on the timeline. Set error-rate, latency, or status-code thresholds and the test aborts itself the moment your service crosses them.
Response latency124 ms
Start+5 minNow
Availability99.98%
- Endpoint responsive
- Latency within threshold
- Workers inside limits
HTTP responses24,860
Command timeline01 / 06
- HTTPS flood running
- SSL/TLS exhaustion
- Slowloris
- SYN flood
Non-negotiable safeguards
A stress test, never a weapon.
ddos-simulation.com exists for owners and authorized operators. We collaborate directly with your team in a shared live war room or Slack/Teams channel, and coordinate with infrastructure providers (Cloudflare, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, and others) to confirm that the agreed test fits provider rules. If a required authorization cannot be confirmed, the test does not run.
How our controlled testing worksVerified and authorized targets
Each worker receives one verified domain and rejects a plan for anything else. Provider notices, approvals, and limits are recorded in the engagement scope where required.
Per-domain limits
Every verified domain tests inside its own rate, concurrency, and worker limits — scaled to its validation level, never a shared free-for-all.
Automatic abort
Set error-rate, latency, or status-code thresholds and the test stops itself the moment your service crosses them.
Full audit trail
Logins, approvals, edits, worker lifecycle, and results stay visible to the workspace.
Priced per engagement
Every test is quoted for exactly what it is.
No subscription, no credit packs, no upfront pricing. Build a plan (or ask us to design one), request a quote, and we price the specific engagement. You review the one-off price and sign the Rules of Engagement only after you accept it.
You know what you want
Compose the timeline, then request a quote.
- Drag-and-drop timeline builder
- 130 techniques across Layers 3–7
- Configure live health checks and auto-abort
- Save it as a plan and request a quote
Prefer a hand?
Tell us what to test and we'll build the plan.
Describe the target, your goals, and a rough scale and preferred window. We design the engagement, price it, and confirm the timing with you — then you sign the Rules of Engagement, and we run it.
- 1Request a quoteBuild a plan or ask us to design one.
- 2We price & you approveA one-off price for that exact engagement.
- 3Sign & we run itVerify the domain; both required before it runs.
The whole platform
A self-service portal built for responsible teams.
Multi-tenant workspaces
Invite members, assign roles, and keep every test scoped to your organization.
Domain verification
HTTPS proof of ownership gates every target before it can be scheduled.
Test history & reports
Review past simulations, compare resilience over time, and download executive PDF reports for auditors.
Audit log
A complete, tenant-scoped record of logins, changes, and test lifecycle events.
Quotes & invoices
Each engagement is quoted, agreed via digital signature, and invoiced — with a complete workspace record.
Joint war rooms & support
Collaborate via shared Slack/Teams channels or live war rooms during tests, and track requests via tickets.
What you walk away with
More than a dashboard — a report you can hand over.
Every engagement leaves something you can act on and share: a live view while it runs, a resilience report when it finishes, and a complete record afterward.
A live health view
Watch latency, response codes, and the worker fleet in real time as each command runs — and stop the instant you have your answer.
A shareable resilience report
Every completed test produces a downloadable PDF assessment with a per-command methodology breakdown — ready to hand to stakeholders, auditors, or your provider.
A complete, recorded result
Recorded latency, status codes, and the full worker timeline stay in your workspace, alongside a tenant-scoped audit trail of approvals and changes.
Frequently asked questions
Know exactly what happens before you test.
Clear answers on authorization, safeguards, pricing, and how an engagement runs.
Still have a question? Contact usWhat is ddos-simulation.com?
ddos-simulation.com plans and runs authorized, bounded DDoS simulation tests against infrastructure you own. You build a test plan (or ask us to design one) and request a quote; we price and accept the engagement, you sign the Rules of Engagement and agree to the quote, then we schedule it and you watch live health metrics and stop the moment you have your answer.
Is it legal and safe to use?
ddos-simulation.com is built only for owners and authorized operators. Before a test runs, we verify the domain, map the cloud, hosting, CDN, network, DNS, and mitigation providers in the delivery path, and help coordinate any required notice or approval with you and the provider. That can include Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, and others. Provider rules differ; if required authorization cannot be confirmed, the test does not run. Tests use our own legitimate load-generation machines and stay inside approved per-domain limits. Read how authorization and provider coordination work.
Which attack techniques can I simulate?
130 techniques across Layers 3–7: HTTP check, HTTPS flood, SYN flood, TCP connection flood, UDP flood, TCP flag flood, established connection flood, Slowloris, Slow POST, slow read, ICMP flood, SSL/TLS exhaustion, HTTP/2 rapid reset (CVE-2023-44487), HTTP/2 CONTINUATION flood, HTTP/2 MadeYouReset, a QUIC/HTTP3 Initial flood, a DNS query flood, and WebSocket exhaustion. Each reproduces a real failure mode and runs from our own legitimate load-generation machines, never a botnet.
How much does it cost?
Each engagement is priced individually. You build a plan (or ask us to design one) and request a quote; we review the scope and set a one-off price for that specific engagement. There is no subscription and no upfront pricing — you agree to the quoted price by signing the Rules of Engagement before the test is scheduled. Invoicing is issued upon completion. The price does not just depend on the techniques used, but also the infrastructure the target runs on, and the effort it takes to gain approval from infrastructure providers.
Do I need to verify domain ownership before testing?
You can build a plan and request a quote without verifying first, but ownership must be verified before the test runs. Verification is self-service and can take minutes over HTTPS.
What is the difference between load testing and DDoS simulation?
We offer both load testing and DDoS simulations. Load tests only generate legitimate traffic, whereas DDoS simulations mimic attack scenarios. DDoS simulations often have vastly different requirements from infrastructure providers.
Can a test stop itself if my service starts failing?
Yes. Live monitoring samples service health as often as every 50 ms across up to eight paths. Set error-rate, latency, or status-code thresholds and the test aborts itself the moment your service crosses them. You can also stop any test manually or trigger it with a single API call at any time. Infrastructure providers are also given permission, through our API, to cancel any tests involving their infrastructure at their discretion.
How do we collaborate and coordinate during a live simulation?
Every engagement includes a dedicated joint war room. We set up a shared Slack or Microsoft Teams channel or join a live voice/video bridge with your SRE, DevOps, and SOC teams. This allows real-time metric cross-referencing, mutual go/no-go checks before increasing traffic tiers, and instant verbal pause authority throughout the exercise.
Ready when you are
Rehearse the worst day. At a time of your choosing.
Build a plan in the browser now — no account needed to draft one — or ask us to design one. Create a workspace to request a quote; we price it, confirm timing, and run it.