COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS COMPUTER SECURITY
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Masquerading
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Replay
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Message Modification
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Denial of Service
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Denial of service” or “DoS” describes the ultimate goal of a class of cyber attacks designed to render a service inaccessible. The DoS attacks that most people have heard about are those launched against high profile websites, since these are frequently reported by the media.
Detailed explanation-3: -A denial-of-service (DoS) attack is a security threat that occurs when an attacker makes it impossible for legitimate users to access computer systems, network, services or other information technology (IT) resources.
Detailed explanation-4: -The DoS Filter window is used to enable or disable the Denial of Service filter. The DoS filter automatically scans traffic passing through the switch for well known frames (based on packet signature) that are typically used to conduct Denial of Service attacks to network devices.