NETWORK SECURITY
INTERNET SECURITY
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Distributed denial-of-service attacks target websites and online services
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The gaming industry has also been a target of DDoS attacks
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The aim is to overwhelm them with more traffic than the server or network can accommodate.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic.
Detailed explanation-2: -1.1 Understanding a DDoS Attack Unlike Denial of Service (DoS) attacks which come from a single source, DDoS attacks involve connected devices from multiple locations-also known as a botnet. The objective of a DDoS attack is to prevent legitimate users from accessing your website.
Detailed explanation-3: -Distributed DoS A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack occurs when multiple systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system, usually one or more web servers. A DDoS attack uses more than one unique IP address or machines, often from thousands of hosts infected with malware.
Detailed explanation-4: -A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack occurs when a group of systems flood a server with fraudulent traffic. Eventually, the server is overwhelmed, causing it to either go down, or become unresponsive, even to legitimate requests.
Detailed explanation-5: -Flood attacks send an overwhelming number of packets that exceed server capacity. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) is a type of DoS attack where the traffic used to overwhelm the target is coming from many distributed sources.