Denial of service hands-on lab for information assurance education: a case study

Conducting hands-on labs on information assurance education has become more and more important. Nowadays, hands-on labs are essential for computer security classes. To help with lowering the cost of hardware and software and have the availability to offer offensive hands-on labs for online learning, we propose three DoS attack lab exercises which are different from the traditional DoS labs in terms of cost and online availability. Three years of offering these special designed DoS labs at Columbus State University shows that it can help students to reach their learning objectives and better assimilate the concepts covered in classes.