Chapter 4. Denial of Service Attacks
Chapter Objectives
After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:
Understand how denial of service attacks are accomplished
Know how certain denial of service attacks work, such as SYN flood, Smurf, and distributed denial of service attacks
Take specific measures to protect against denial of service attacks
Know how to defend against specific denial of service attacks
Introduction
By now you are aware, in a general way, of the dangers of the Internet, and you have explored a few basic rules for protection on the Internet. In Chapter 3, “Cyber Stalking, Fraud, and Abuse,” you were introduced to some fraud, stalking, and related crimes. It is now time to become ...
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