Denial of Service (DoS) attacks Flashcards
What is a Denial of Service (DoS) attack
An attack that targets a network or server and floods it with network traffic
What does DDoS stand for?
Distributed denial of service attack
What is a DDoS attack?
A type of DoS attack that uses multiple devices or servers in different locations to flood the target network with unwanted traffic
What type of DoS attack simulates a TCP connection.
A SYN (Synchronize) flood attack
It simulates a TCP connection which floods a server with SYN packets
What does ICMP stand for?
Internet Control Message Protocol
What is an ICMP Internet Control message?
An internet protocol used by devices to tell each other about data transmission errors across the network
What type of DoS attack is caused when a hacker pings a system by sending it an oversized ICMP packet bigger than 64KB?
Ping of Death
