It is an assault on a network that floods it with so many requests that it is either slowed or completely interrupted. Unlike a virus, which can cause severe damage to databases, a denial of service attack interrupts network service for a long amount of time.
Which is NOT true of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks?
Spam or hoaxes may be a part of them
DDoS attacks, spoof attacks, and a newer program called a stresser are the most common types.
Basically what it does is when computers get a distributed denial of service virus (ddos) they start sending packets of information to a server or a machine. The machine must then answer the packets using up processing space and if too much space is used by the requests, if there are enough machines and the server doesn't have a connection limit to prevent these attacks then it will prevent legitimate traffic from using the server or machine. See link for more details
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic.
Milan Palmer
Yes. If you bombard a website with a bunch of pointless data or data you need to deal with or BS requests or whatever you very much can stop such things. That's pretty much exactly what Distributed Denial of Service Attacks do by definition. Deny service.
One way would be to make call after call in an attempt to make all circuits busy. This type of attack is called a denial of service
distributed denial-of-service attack or known as DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is another type of DoS attack. These attacks involve numerous systems coordinating a synchronised DoS attack on a single target. The key difference is that the target is attacked from numerous directions simultaneously rather than from a single entity. DDoS attackers frequently employ a , a collection of hijacked devices connected online, to launch large-scale attacks. Attackers use command and control software to exploit security flaws or hardware weaknesses to control many devices.
They allow stations to reserve resources during the establishment of connections
They allow stations to reserve resources during the establishment of connections