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8.7. Denial of Service Attacks

A "Denial of Service" (DoS) attack is one where the attacker tries to make some resource too busy to answer legitimate requests, or to deny legitimate users access to your machine.

Denial of service attacks have increased greatly in recent years. Some of the more popular and recent ones are listed below. Note that new ones show up all the time, so this is just a few examples. Read the Linux security lists and the bugtraq list and archives for more current information.

You can find code for most exploits, and a more in-depth description of how they work, at http://www.rootshell.com using their search engine.


Linux Security HOWTO : Network Security : Denial of Service Attacks
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