Table 1.

Hardware and software for analysis.

Hardware	Software	Software Function
Web Server Processor Intel(R) Core (TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz 8GB Memory	Python coding editor and Compiler	Edit and execute attack scripts
	Notepad++	View and edit attack scripts
	Proxy Switcher	Identify active public proxies
Client Processor Intel(R) Core (TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz 12GB Memory	Nmap	Identify port usage
	Wireshark	Analyze HTTP request traffics
Firewall	Attack Script	HTTP DDoS Code
	Open Source Operating System: Ubuntu	Provide platform to execute HTTP DDoS attack
	Windows Server 2016 Windows 8 Pro	To host web-based application and initiate HTTP request