Service Attacks and their Countermeasures
Hitoshi Fuji, Eric Y. Chen · IEEJ Transactions on Electronics Information and Systems · 2004
Denials of Service (DoS) attacks are one of the most alarming threats on the Internet. A typical DoS attack disrupts the services of its target by usurping network bandwidth and overtaxing server resources to prevent legitimate access from getting through. Effective protection from DoS attack involves tackling the prevention, detection, traceback and mitigation at various levels. This article surveys DoS attacks commonly seen on the Internet, and a number of promising countermeasures against them.