Performance and security testing of network applications

The aim of this Master's thesis is to design and to implement the security test in considering a resistance of the device under test to the effects of the distributed denial of service attack DDoS SYN Flood. After processing the test results is developed a protocol about security test of the device under test. In this thesis are tested two devices, namely CISCO ASA5510 firewall and a server with the specified name Server. The theoretical part of the thesis discusses the primary types of network attacks such as reconnaissance, gain access and denial of service attacks. Explained the concept of DoS and its principle, further types of DoS attacks and distributed denial of service attacks DDoS