COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS A DENIAL OF SERVICE DOS ATTACK
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Direct Distribution of Server
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Distribution Denial of Service
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Direct Distribution of Service
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Distributed Denial of Service
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Detailed explanation-1: -Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are a subclass of denial of service (DoS) attacks. A DDoS attack involves multiple connected online devices, collectively known as a botnet, which are used to overwhelm a target website with fake traffic.
Detailed explanation-2: -In a Distributed Denial of Service attack, the attacker enlists the help of (many) thousands of Internet users to each generate a small number of requests which, added together, overload the target.
Detailed explanation-3: -DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) is a category of malicious cyber-attacks that hackers or cybercriminals employ in order to make an online service, network resource or host machine unavailable to its intended users on the Internet.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some common examples of DDoS attacks are UDP flooding, SYN flooding and DNS amplification.
Detailed explanation-5: -A Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack is an attack meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users. DoS attacks accomplish this by flooding the target with traffic, or sending it information that triggers a crash.