Saturday, January 19, 2013

Denial-of-Service (DoS)

A Denial of Service (DoS) attack disrupts service to users and is usually done by consuming network bandwidth or overloading a computer's resources. One of the signs to recognize if you are being attacked is when your connection (either Internet or network) slows down for no apparent reason. Another sign of a DoS attack is when you are unable to connect to a server or a web page that is usually available.

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