3.2 – Discussion: DDoS Attacks

Discuss

What is a Distributed Denial of Service Attack?
How can such an attack be mitigated?
Conduct research to find some media reports of DDoS attacks that made it into the news.
In the reports that you find, try to determine whether or not the offenders were apprehended and/or punished.
What punishment did they receive?
As a present or future leader in your organization, what will you do about DDoS attacks?
Post & Engage
Make every attempt to post your initial response by the middle of the module week. After posting your response, review your classmates’ posts and make a thoughtful and substantive response to at least two others by the end of the module week. Refer to the discussion rubric for detailed grading criteria.

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Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
A Distributed Denial of Service Attack is an attack where various computer systems have been compromised and are used to attack a target like a server to cause a denial of service to the users of the system. The incoming messages and the server connection requests will be so many that the system cannot handle.

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