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, A type of denial-of-service attack in
Denial of Service which the attacker uses a single
(DoS) Attack computer to bombard the victim's
Definition computer, network, or network server
with massive amounts of useless traffic
A type of denial-of-service attack in
which the attacker uses multiple
Distributed Denial
computers, usually not their own, to
of Service (DDoS)
bombard the victim's computer,
Attack (Definition)
network, or network server with
massive amounts of useless traffic
A type of denial-of-service attack in
which the attacker pings the target with
Ping of Death
an ICMP packet larger than the
Attack (Definition)
maximum of 65,535 bytes, causing the
victim's system to crash
An information gathering technique
Ping Sweep used to identify active hosts by pinging
(Definition) them - usually the first step in initiating a
ping flood
A type of denial-of-service attack in
Ping Flood Attack which the attacker overwhelms the
(Definition) victim's computer with a massive
amount of pings
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, A type of denial-of-service attack in
Denial of Service which the attacker uses a single
(DoS) Attack computer to bombard the victim's
Definition computer, network, or network server
with massive amounts of useless traffic
A type of denial-of-service attack in
which the attacker uses multiple
Distributed Denial
computers, usually not their own, to
of Service (DDoS)
bombard the victim's computer,
Attack (Definition)
network, or network server with
massive amounts of useless traffic
A type of denial-of-service attack in
which the attacker pings the target with
Ping of Death
an ICMP packet larger than the
Attack (Definition)
maximum of 65,535 bytes, causing the
victim's system to crash
An information gathering technique
Ping Sweep used to identify active hosts by pinging
(Definition) them - usually the first step in initiating a
ping flood
A type of denial-of-service attack in
Ping Flood Attack which the attacker overwhelms the
(Definition) victim's computer with a massive
amount of pings