Defending Against DDOS
These are haunting words for most businesses, and today’s topic: the DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attack. This particularly nasty type of attack attempts to disrupt the availability of systems by overwhelming servers, saturating bandwidth or through other techniques. Your business is most likely heavily reliant upon specific systems and this article provides an overview of the DDoS attack that could potentially take these key systems down and techniques for combating the DDoS.
how does a ddos attack work?
It is best to understand what the DoS and DDoS attacks are and how they work before discussing how to combat them. DoS (Denial of Service) attacks disrupt the availability of key information systems so that legitimate users cannot access these resources. The DDoS attack accomplishes the same thing by using a distributed set of computers or “bots” or “zombies” and it is extremely powerful because it is using the power of thousands of computers and the bandwidth of many networks to perform the attack. Both the DoS and DDoS result in lost sales, lost customer confidence, reduced productivity or increased work for support staff. So how does the DDoS attack work?
Understanding the DDoS
DDoS attacks rely on the power of many distributed machines so the first part of a DDoS attack is assembling an army of bots. Using automated tools, attackers scour the Internet in search of vulnerable machines that are exploited and turned into bots by installing software on them that waits for commands from a command and control server. These bots are used to enslave other bots until a sufficient army is assembled for the attack.
how does a ddos attack work?
It is best to understand what the DoS and DDoS attacks are and how they work before discussing how to combat them. DoS (Denial of Service) attacks disrupt the availability of key information systems so that legitimate users cannot access these resources. The DDoS attack accomplishes the same thing by using a distributed set of computers or “bots” or “zombies” and it is extremely powerful because it is using the power of thousands of computers and the bandwidth of many networks to perform the attack. Both the DoS and DDoS result in lost sales, lost customer confidence, reduced productivity or increased work for support staff. So how does the DDoS attack work?
Understanding the DDoS
DDoS attacks rely on the power of many distributed machines so the first part of a DDoS attack is assembling an army of bots. Using automated tools, attackers scour the Internet in search of vulnerable machines that are exploited and turned into bots by installing software on them that waits for commands from a command and control server. These bots are used to enslave other bots until a sufficient army is assembled for the attack.
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