An Introduction to DDOS Attacks and Protection

DDOS attacks, or Distributed Denial of Service attacks, are a form of network attacks aimed at disabling the functionality of a network being targeted. These attacks generally come in the form of either individuals spamming a network to slow it down or create instability, or a bot that systematically attacks a network or series of networks. DDOS protection is the only security for these types of attacks.



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