DDoS Attack
What is a DDoS attack and what can we do to prevent it?
DDoS is a kind of an online attack to a web server, aiming at rendering the server non operational or to operate for the causes of the attacker.
What exactly does DDoS mean?
DDoS is the abbreviation of Distributed Denial of Service. But let’s take things from the beginning.
How does a DDoS attack work?
In a DDoS attack the system-victim is flooded with a high volume of traffic from thousands of different sources, so much so that it is impossible to cope with, because of the many attack points and because as long as the attack lasts the server-victim resources are depleted (RAM, CPU).
Are DDoS and DoS attacks the same?
Essentially it is the same but the main difference is that, in a DoS attack the attack happens from a system-abuser to a system-victim, while in a DDoS attack many systems-abusers attack a single system-victim.
Are there many types of DDoS attacks?
There are4 types of DDoS attacks that make the foundation for several combinations with each other and variations.