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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 :-
  1. Network bandwidth
  2. Server memory
  3. Application exception handling mechanism
  4. CPU usage
  5. Hard disk space
  6. Database space
  7. 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:-
  1. Consumption of computational resources, such as bandwidth, memory, disk space, or processor time.
  2. Disruption of configuration information, such as routing information.
  3. Disruption of state information, such as unsolicited resetting of TCP sessions.
  4. Disruption of physical network components.
  5. 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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