Denial of Service

Denial of Service
A DoS attack is an attempt by a hacker to flood a user’s or an organization’s system. As a
CEH, you need to be familiar with the types of DoS attacks and to understand how DoS and
DDoS attacks work. You should also be familiar with robots (BOTs) and robot networks
(BOTNETs), as well as smurf attacks and SYN flooding. Finally, as a CEH, you need to be
familiar with various DoS and DDoS countermeasures.