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what is a DDOS attack?

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  • 2 decades ago
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    A denial-of-service attack (also, DoS attack) is an attack on a computer system or network that causes a loss of service to users, typically the loss of network connectivity and services by consuming the bandwidth of the victim network or overloading the computational resources of the victim system.

  • 2 decades ago

    Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)

    http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich/misc/ddos/

    lasr.cs.ucla.edu/ddos/ucla_tech_report_020018.pdf

    Good luck

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