Denial of Servial Attack

What is a DoS attack?

a DoS is a deliberate attempt to prevent legitimate users from acessing the serves provided by the serves or connected systems

what do DoS attack usually aim for?

they aim to overload serves or systems with request for data or to access the processor and main memory

What are the three symptoms of a DoS attack?

- Slow network performance when accessing a web based website.

-Slow network in general

-Inability to access the website

What are the effects of DoS

Inconvenience and disruption to user and business website are denied access to these websites which they are expected to use.

What are the costs of DoS?

Loss of revenue and labour in rectifying fault

What are the three reasons why someone might launch a DoS attack?

personal motive, political motive, financial gain