Ethical Hacker: DoS Mitigation Consultation
Budget: $8 – $15 USD
I run a mid-sized company with publicly exposed services and a growing user base. Before traffic spikes any further, I want an experienced ethical hacker to examine our network security posture—specifically how well we can withstand denial-of-service attacks.
You’ll work with the current infrastructure, which consists of routers and switches at the core, a pair of next-generation firewalls, and several wireless access points that bridge internal teams to the production VLAN. I can provide topology diagrams, current ACLs, firewall policies, and live traffic captures as soon as we kick off.
What I need from you is a practical, vendor-agnostic assessment that tells me exactly where the DoS weak spots sit and how to close them without disrupting day-to-day operations. Feel free to employ standard penetration-testing techniques, traffic replay, or lab-based DDoS simulation tools such as LOIC/HOIC, hping3, or commercial test suites—whatever gives the most accurate picture.
Deliverables
• A concise assessment report summarising findings, risk levels, and exploited vectors
• A step-by-step mitigation plan covering configuration hardening, rate limiting, and monitoring improvements
• Recommended IDS/IPS signatures or third-party services (Scrubbing centres, WAF rules, cloud-based DDoS protection) tailored to our size and budget
• A 30-minute debrief call to walk the team through your recommendations and answer questions
I’m ready to start immediately and can grant VPN access to a staging environment on request. Let me know your preferred testing windows, methodology outline, and the estimated timeframe for each milestone so we can lock in the schedule.
You’ll work with the current infrastructure, which consists of routers and switches at the core, a pair of next-generation firewalls, and several wireless access points that bridge internal teams to the production VLAN. I can provide topology diagrams, current ACLs, firewall policies, and live traffic captures as soon as we kick off.
What I need from you is a practical, vendor-agnostic assessment that tells me exactly where the DoS weak spots sit and how to close them without disrupting day-to-day operations. Feel free to employ standard penetration-testing techniques, traffic replay, or lab-based DDoS simulation tools such as LOIC/HOIC, hping3, or commercial test suites—whatever gives the most accurate picture.
Deliverables
• A concise assessment report summarising findings, risk levels, and exploited vectors
• A step-by-step mitigation plan covering configuration hardening, rate limiting, and monitoring improvements
• Recommended IDS/IPS signatures or third-party services (Scrubbing centres, WAF rules, cloud-based DDoS protection) tailored to our size and budget
• A 30-minute debrief call to walk the team through your recommendations and answer questions
I’m ready to start immediately and can grant VPN access to a staging environment on request. Let me know your preferred testing windows, methodology outline, and the estimated timeframe for each milestone so we can lock in the schedule.