Denial of Service Attacks

Learn About Defending Against DDoS

Using WORD, write an ORIGINAL brief essay of 300 words or more:

• Find a DoS attack that has occurred in the last six months
• You might find some resources at www.f-secure.com.
• Note how that attack was conducted.
• Write a brief explanation of how you might have defended against that specific attack.

Note your Safe Assign score. Continue submitting until your Safe Assign score is less than 25. 

Required Readings

Read Chapter 4 of the Easttom text, Denial of Service Attacks.

Primary topics:

• DoS
• Historical examples