What is a DoS attack?
* A means of burdening or effectively shutting down a remote
system by bombarding it with traffic from many other computers.
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www.antispywarecoalition.org/documents/GlossaryJune292006.htm *
A type of denial of service attack in which an attacker uses
malicious code installed on various computers to attack a single
target. This methods may be used by an attacker to have a greater
effect on the target than is possible with a single attacking
machine.
www.imvajra.com/glossary1.html * A type of external Internet
attack, in which multiple sources attack a single target system,
with the goal being denial of service for its users. ...
www.drcomputer.com/glossary.html * On the Internet, a
distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is one in which a
multitude of compromised systems attack a single target, thereby
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www.primode.com/glossary.html * Acronym for Distributed Denial
of Service attack. An attack on a remote destination with a
collection of PCs often under the control of a virus or ...
www.pctechbytes.com/glossary/d.htm * Distributed
Denial-of-Service Attack The act of loading malignant code onto a
host of other machines in order to perform a Denial-of-Service
attack.
substratum.ca/subs/Resources/TechTerms/ * A Distributed Denial
of Service attack; a DoS attack that originates from many different
(geographically and network topographically) sources, on ...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/DDOS