eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2016-06-13 11 Spl.Edn.2 12107 article Alexandr Grigorevich Ostapenko 1 Maxim Vasilyevich Bursa 1 Grigorii Alexandrovich Ostapenko 1 Denis Olegovich Butrik 1 Voronezh State Technical University, Russian Federation, 394026, Voronezh, Moskovsky Prospect, 14, Russian The paper reviews an analytic damage function for information telecommunication systems to which DDoS-attacks with HTTP-flood are directed. The modification of this function at different stages of an attack is reviewed according to the actions of the attacker and the attacked. The paper also provides methods for controlling the damage function by acting on its parameters. To choose a method to control the damage the paper suggests using management efficiency based on the integrated assessment of damage. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol11_nospl_edn2/flood-attacks-within-the-hypertext-information-transfer-protocol-damage-assessment-and-management/ Damage; attack; flood; management