Denial of Service Attack
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076552 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ricardo Dominguez (0009-0003-2498-6695), Ricardo L Domínguez (0000-0001-5171-4415, University of San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 1-1 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos0993 |
| OpenAlex | W2924374262 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
A denial of service (DoS) attack is an attempt to shut down or prevent access to information or services from fulfilling a legitimate request from your computer and its network connection, such as a banking account or online e‐mail account. Often DoS attacks occur when an attacker “floods” a network with endless requests for information, overloading the server
Business · Computer network · Computer security · Connection (principal bundle · Denial · Denial-of-service attack · Internet privacy · Operating system · Service (business · Shut down · The Internet · World Wide Web · Advanced Malware Detection Techniques · Computer Science · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies · Engineering · Network Security and Intrusion Detection
| Highly cited | No |
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