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Denial of Service (DoS)
Denial of Service (DoS) is an attack where the attacker overwhelms a system, network, or service with a flood of illegitimate requests or traffic.
Denial of Service (DoS)
Denial of Service (DoS) is an attack where the attacker overwhelms a system, network, or service with a flood of illegitimate requests or traffic, causing it to become unavailable or unusable for legitimate users.
Types of DoS Attacks
- Volume-based: Overwhelming bandwidth
- Protocol-based: Exploiting protocol weaknesses
- Application-based: Targeting application layer