What is Daniel of Service Attack

In Short for Daniel of Service Attack (DoS) is a type of attack attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users. Risks Associated with Denial of Service Attacks :-

Network bandwidth
Server memory
Application exception handling mechanism
CPU usage
Hard disk space
Database space
Database connection pool

Basically this is an important part of Enterprise Security Compliance Check Policy which we should too aware in organization. A DoS attack can be perpetrated in a number of ways. Attacks can fundamentally be classified into five families:-

Consumption of computational resources, such as bandwidth, memory, disk space, or processor time.
Disruption of configuration information, such as routing information.
Disruption of state information, such as unsolicited resetting of TCP sessions.
Disruption of physical network components.
Obstructing the communication media between the intended users and the victim so that they can no longer communicate adequately.

Source: Wikipedia, Applicure

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