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Types of DDoS Attacks

There are a few different types of DDoS attacks that can occur on your website. You need to figure out the type of an attack before you can block the fake traffic on your site. Let’s take a look at the different types of DDoS attacks. Volumetric Attacks These type of attacks target the bandwidth and leave no space for real users to visit a website. Once the bandwidth is full, it will crash your website or show an error. You cannot solve this issue by simply increasing the bandwidth. You have to mitigate the DDoS attack if you want to solve the issue. Read more:  Denial service attack Application Attacks The application attacks are hard to stop because they look like real traffic. These attacks are launched on specific application or servers until it becomes unavailable. These attacks do not target the whole website but rather a specific application. It’s slow to detect and the process builds up gradually until the application server crashes. Protocol Attacks Protocol...

What is a denial of service attack (DoS)?

A Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack is an attack meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users. DoS attacks accomplish this by flooding the target with traffic, or sending it information that triggers a crash. In both instances, the DoS attack deprives legitimate users (i.e. employees, members, or account holders) of the service or resource they expected. Victims of DoS attacks often target web servers of high-profile organizations such as banking, commerce, and media companies, or government and trade organizations. Though DoS attacks do not typically result in the theft or loss of significant information or other assets, they can cost the victim a great deal of time and money to handle. There are two general methods of DoS attacks: flooding services or crashing services. Flood attacks occur when the system receives too much traffic for the server to buffer, causing them to slow down and eventually stop. Popular flood attacks include: Buffe...