Glossary

Glossary

Term	Meaning
Layer 4	Transport layer. TCP, UDP, and raw IP packets. MHDDoS targets IP addresses and ports.
Layer 7	Application layer. HTTP requests. MHDDoS targets URLs and hostnames.
PPS	Packets or requests per second.
BPS	Bytes per second.
RPC	Requests per connection. One socket carries several requests before it closes.
Raw socket	A socket that builds its own IP/TCP/UDP headers. Needs root on Linux or NET_RAW.
Spoofing	Writing a source address that does not belong to the sender. Required by amplification methods.
Reflector	A third-party service that answers a request. In an amplification attack, the reply goes to the spoofed target.
Amplification	A small request that produces a larger response, sent to the target.
Proxy	An intermediary that forwards the connection. MHDDoS supports HTTP, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5.
WAF	Web application firewall. A layer that filters or challenges HTTP traffic.
Challenge	A WAF page or cookie flow that must be solved before the real request is accepted.
Bypass	A method that tries to satisfy or avoid a WAF challenge. Best-effort, not guaranteed.
CFIP	A best-effort search for a non-Cloudflare address behind a Cloudflare-fronted domain.
Reflector file	A list of reflector IPs, one per line.
Wordlist	A text file of user agents or referers used by Layer 7 methods.
DOCTOR	A built-in check for Python, imports, config, files, and raw sockets.
Tor2web	A gateway that serves .onion content over normal HTTP. Used by the TOR method.
BungeeCord forwarding	A Minecraft handshake format that passes the client IP and UUID through a proxy. Used by MCBOT.