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Cloud computing has started to gain acceptance for adoption and implementation among organizations, however, this new technology area has already started to deal with security, performance and availability challenges. Within Cloud Security issues being paramount for the corporates, private enterprises, the denial of service attacks are rated as the highest priority threat to the cloud environments. This study presents a review on the academic literature research work on the DDoS attack on Cloud, introduces a new DDoS Classification taxonomy and proposes parameters for determining an effective DDoS solution.

The internet has become the key driver for virtually every organization's growth, brand awareness and operational efficiency. Unfortunately cyber terrorists and organized criminals know this fact too. Using a Distributed Denial of Service attack they can deny corporates and end users the access to internet, make web site going slow, and deny access to corporate network and data, unable to service legitimate users. It is not just these that are vulnerable, DDoS attacks are diversions.