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what is ddos attack? - rossey - 07-12-2021
My websites are going down and coming up frequently
I asked my provider. They said they are having DDoS attack. What is this? How do i now save my sites?
can some professional give me a clear explanation whats a DDOS attack?
RE: what is ddos attack? - wesen - 07-12-2021
DDoS or Distributed Denial of Service occurs when an attacker sending a lot of traffic at the server at once, therefore blocking legitimate traffic (and making the site go offline). Further read on how DDoS works and common types of DDoS: https://www.casbay.com/blog/tips-sharing/what-is-a-ddos-attack
However, your sites should be fine once they mitigate the attack.
RE: what is ddos attack? - Niklas - 07-12-2021
DDoS attacks are generally very hard to mitigate. It depends on the size tho.
RE: what is ddos attack? - shawn - 07-12-2021
In really simple terms, it spams the webserver with traffic until the webserver is "overloaded" with the requests and the requests from "real" customers will not be able to go through.