An attacker initiates a resource depletion attack where a large number of
						small XML messages are delivered at a sufficiently rapid rate to cause a
						denial of service or crash of the target. Transactions such as repetitive
						SOAP transactions can deplete resources faster than a simple flooding attack
						because of the additional resources used by the SOAP protocol and the
						resources necessary to process SOAP messages. The transactions used are
						immaterial as long as they cause resource utilization on the target. In
						other words, this is a normal flooding attack augmented by using messages
						that will require extra processing on the target.