Management Of Information Security
Management Of Information Security
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781337405713
Author: WHITMAN, Michael.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 1, Problem 15RQ

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Difference between denial-of-service attack and Distributed denial-of-service attack:

Denial-of-service attackDistributed denial-of-service attack
When a large number of information requests or information is sent to the target by the attacker.When specific number of requests are sent from different locations at a same time.
It requires one computer and one internet connection.It requires multiple computers and multiple internet connections...

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