What is DoS Attack and How to Prevent it?
Denial-of-Service attacks (DoS) shut down a machine or network by flooding it with traffic or sending information that triggers it to crash, preventing its users from accessing it. DoS attacks accomplish this by flooding the target with traffic. The DoS attack robs legitimate users (e.g. employees, members, or account holders) of the services or resources they expect. Often, DoS attacks target the web servers of high-profile organizations, such as banks, commerce, and media firms, as well as government agencies and trade associations. Although DoS attacks rarely result in the theft or loss of significant information or assets, they can cost the victim a lot of time and money to handle.
How Does a DoS Attack happen?
Often, DoS events are caused by the overloading of a service's underlying systems. In order to clarify how overload-based DoS attacks work, let's imagine an attack on a shopping website. The requests that you make when you shop online pass through your Int...