An Overview of Network Intrusion Tactics: Denial of Service (DOS) Attacks

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This article describes the denial of service intrusion tactic and outlines selected methods and types associated with it, with a focus on network-level threats.
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Denial of service (DoS) attacks are attacks that flood a network or server with traffic. The objective of this attack is to disrupt normal business operations by overloading an organization’s network with the goal of sending so much information that the network crashes or is unable to respond to legitimate users.