Denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks

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In this article, i will discuss about DoS and DDoS hacking attacks. I explained DoS and DDoS attacks here with examples that how we can do this type of attack.

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What is DoS attack

What is DDoS attack

Example of DoS/DDoS attack

DoS (Denial-of-Service) Attack

A Denial-of-service (DoS) attack is a type of cyber attack in which an attacker aims to shut down a machine or network. DoS attack typically function by flooding the target with traffic or sending information.

DoS attacks are perpetrated by a single attacker.

Typically, there are two types of DoS attack :-

Buffer overflow Attacks

Flood Attacks

DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) Attack

A distributing denial of service (DDoS) attack is a non-intrusive attack which can take down the targeted website or slow it down by flooding network, server or application with fake traffic.

The objective of DDoS attack is to prevent legitimate users from accessing your website. For a DDoS attack to be successful, attacker needs to send more requests than the victim’s server can handle.

In DDoS Attacks more than one attacking machine are participate.