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performing-bandwidth-throttling-attack-simulation
Simulates bandwidth throttling and network degradation attacks using tc, iperf3, and Scapy in authorized environments to test quality-of-service controls, application resilience, and network monitoring detection of traffic manipulation attacks.
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# Performing Bandwidth Throttling Attack Simulation
## When to Use
- Testing application resilience to degraded network conditions during authorized security assessments
- Validating QoS policies detect and mitigate unauthorized traffic shaping on the network
- Simulating network slowloris-style attacks that degrade bandwidth rather than causing complete outages
- Assessing the impact of bandwidth-based attacks on VoIP, video conferencing, and real-time applications
- Testing network monitoring tools' ability to detect abnormal bandwidth utilization patterns
**Do not use** on production networks without authorization and a maintenance window, for causing denial-of-service conditions, or against critical infrastructure without safety controls.
## Most Often Missed & How to Confirm
- **Direction of the qdisc:** `tc` shapes egress only on the interface it's attached to. Throttling traffic toward a victim requires the rule on the attacker's *forwarding* interface, or an `ifb`/ingress redirect for inbound. A rule on the wrong interface looks like "no effect."