What is a DDoS attack?
D2 · Threats · CompTIA Security+ SY0-701A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack uses many compromised machines (a botnet) to flood a target with traffic, making services unavailable. It attacks the Availability pillar of the CIA triad.
Common types: volumetric (bandwidth flood), protocol (SYN flood, Ping of Death), application layer (HTTP GET flood, Slowloris).
Common types: volumetric (bandwidth flood), protocol (SYN flood, Ping of Death), application layer (HTTP GET flood, Slowloris).
DoS = one attacker. DDoS = many attackers (botnet). Mitigations include rate limiting, scrubbing centers, and CDN-based protection.