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| ===== Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) ===== | ===== Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) ===== | ||
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| A **Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)** is malicious attack attempting to disrupt normal traffic of a targeted [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:server]], service or [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:w:wan | network]] by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:i:internet]] traffic. | A **Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)** is malicious attack attempting to disrupt normal traffic of a targeted [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:server]], service or [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:w:wan | network]] by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:i:internet]] traffic. | ||
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| Source: [[ https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/]] | Source: [[ https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/]] | ||
| - | In a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, multiple compromised computer systems attack a target and cause a denial of service for users of the targeted resource. The target can be a server, website, or another network resource. The flood of incoming messages, connection requests or malformed packets to the target system forces it to slow down or even crash and shut down, thereby denying service to legitimate users or systems. | + | In a distributed [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:d:dos]] attack, multiple compromised computer systems attack a target and cause a denial of service for users of the targeted resource. The target can be a server, website, or another network resource. The flood of incoming messages, connection requests or malformed packets to the target system forces it to slow down or even crash and shut down, thereby denying service to legitimate users or systems. |
| - | Many types of threat actors, ranging from individual criminal hackers to organized crime rings and government agencies, carry out DDoS attacks. In certain situations -- often ones related to poor coding, missing patches, or unstable systems -- even legitimate, uncoordinated requests to target systems can look like a DDoS attack when they are just coincidental lapses in system performance. | + | Many types of threat actors, ranging from individual criminal hackers to organized crime rings and government agencies, carry out DDoS attacks. In certain situations -- often ones related to poor coding, missing patches, or unstable systems -- even legitimate, uncoordinated requests to target systems can look like a DDoS attack when they are just coincidental lapses in system [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:performance|performance]]. |
| Source: [[https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/distributed-denial-of-service-attack ]] | Source: [[https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/distributed-denial-of-service-attack ]] | ||
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