Home Assistant platform under DDoS attacks for IPv4 and IPv6 networks
Marek Šimon, Ladislav Huraj, Dominik Hrinkino · 2024
This study investigates the resistance of the Home Assistant platform under different types of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, namely TCP SYN flood, UDP flood, and ICMP flood, in IPv4 and IPv6 network environments. With the increasing number of IoT devices, the security of smart home systems is becoming an issue of paramount importance. The study focuses on the impact of these attacks on the security and availability of the Home Assistant platform, testing different attack intervals to assess the resistance of the system. The results show differences in the performance and vulnerability of IPv4 and IPv6 networks to high-frequency attacks. The findings highlight the need for robust mitigation strategies to improve the security and reliability of smart home systems.