See also: Network | Distributed denial of service
Acronym: DoS
State where a server cannot carry out its duties due to an overload of requests from clients.
Often a term for an attack by a cracker created to shut down a server that could not otherwise be compromised.
More robust servers must be attacked with a distributed denial of service, using a distributed network of cracked computers to “DOS” one computer.
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