A denial-of-service (DoS) attack is a malicious attempt to make a machine or other computing resources unavailable. There is also a distributed DoS attack that comes from many unique Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that renders a machine or other computing/network resource unavailable. In fact, each of these types of attacks exists in two different forms, which are known as bugs and floods. While both types can come in many different forms, they are all devastating to the victims whom they affect. However, as with most malicious attacks, there are steps that can be taken to help prevent these attacks from causing damage to host computers or other network nodes.
A modern version of the DoS attack is a Domain ...
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