Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Denial of Service attacks : Summary




Summary





  • Denial of Service is a very commonly used attack methodology.



  • Distributed Denial Of Service using a multiplicity of Zombie machines is an often seen attack methodology.



  • There are various tools available for attackers to perpetrate DOS attacks

     

  • Protection against DOS is difficult due to the very nature of the attacks.



  • Different scanning tools are available to aid detection and plugging of vulnerabilities leading to DOS

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