Introduction to Distributed or Denial-of-Service-Attacks

Denial-of-Service-Attacks (DoS) and Distributed Denial-of –Service-Attacks are of great concern to organizations. They are among the most feared threats and very difficult to defend against. DoS attacks can cause outages of web sites and network services. They can also be used by criminal organizations to blackmail businesses for money.

Any concerted effort to cut off a website or network from its intended users qualifies as a DoS attack. An effective DoS attack can stop various services which can cost businesses money and provide unwanted publicity.… Read the rest