Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780133594140
Author: James Kurose, Keith Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Botnet:

Botnet is the aggregation of internet accessing devices like Personal Computers (PC), servers, cellular components and many such. Every computer system in a botnet is considered as bot. These bots are formed together as a specific group which is managed by third parties to operate the spam data.

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack:

Distributed denial of service is a type of Denial of Service (DoS) attack that includes multiple computer systems which are affected by trojans. It increases the complexity in accessing the internet.

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