2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
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DoS attack
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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// [Usenet,common; note that it's unrelated to DOS as name of an operating
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system] Abbreviation for Denial-Of-Service attack. This abbreviation is most
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often used of attempts to shut down newsgroups with floods of spam , or to
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flood network links with large amounts of traffic, or to flood network links
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with large amounts of traffic, often by abusing network broadcast addresses.
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Compare slashdot effect.
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