Question

Differentiate between DoS and DDoS attacks.

Answer 1

1. Denial of Service Attack: A denial of service attack occurs when a device sends a large volume of traffic to a victim's computer, effectively shutting it down. When done on a website, a Dos attack is an online attack that makes the website inaccessible to its users. This attack sends a massive amount of traffic to a website's server that is linked to the internet, causing it to go offline.
2. DDOS Attack: A DDOS attack is a distributed denial of service attack in which multiple networks are used to launch attacks from multiple locations.