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Denial of Service

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are aimed at overwhelming the target with spurious data, to the point where it is no longer able to respond to legitimate service requests.

This category includes the following attacks:

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Teardrop

Ping of Death

LAND

Non-TCP Flooding

DDoS Attack

See Also

SmartDefense Categories

IP and ICMP

TCP

Port Scan

FTP

HTTP

Microsoft Networks

IGMP

VoIP

Peer-to-Peer

Instant Messaging Traffic

Games