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Denial-of-service attack (DoS) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack#Permanent_denial-of-service_attacks In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of efforts to temporarily or indefinitely interrupt or suspend services of a host connected to the Internet.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 12:29:51 +0000

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