Top 10 Ways to Prevent Denial of Service Attacks
Ryan M. Walters · Information Systems Security · 2001
DoS (“denial-of-service”) and DDoS (“distributed denial-of-service”) attacks, which prevent legitimate users from accessing and using a site or particular service, have become a growing concern as more and more businesses move onto the Internet. Last year, retail giant Amazon.com, electronic auction house eBay, discount retailers Buy.com and CNN Interactive, and the portal Yahoo! made headlines when they were the recipients of these hacks, but smaller businesses are beginning to recognize the dangers these attacks pose.