Traffic generation and attacks on the data plane
Nowadays, building networks is much more complex than it used to be. Performing network-related tests is a much more difficult task for network administrators, especially in terms of bandwidth testing, any glitch that has caused the intermediate connecting network devices to disconnect from the network, or tracing the packet loss between the host and the server.
Therefore, packet generation plays a vital role in troubleshooting network issues. Hence, packet generation is a type of traffic generation that defines the flow of the packets and data sources between the client and the server in a packet-switched network. For example, in the case of the web, traffic is sent in the form of web packets to be received and sent by the user’s browser.
Therefore, traffic generation defines the flow of certain traffic between the sender and the receiver in a certain format and network, such as cellular networks or computer networks....
