DoS attacks might theoretically be done by a single individual, but how does this really work?

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DoS attacks might theoretically be done by a single individual, but how does this really work?

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A DDoS assault bombards a network or web server with too many requests to manage.
When a server's capacity is exceeded,

it can't respond to genuine requests from authorised users.

DDoS uses a network of computers to flood a server with traffic.

 

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