A survey of the denial of service problem
Helena Sandström · 2001
Disruption from service caused by Denial of Service (DoS) attacks is an increasing problem in the Internet today. Sophisticated tools for distributed DoS attacks have been developed and are used to attack various Internet sites. An attack can include hundreds of systems attacking the same target, which makes it very difficult to handle. This paper gives an overview of different DoS attacks, identified problems, and related proposed solutions. 1.