What is DDoS Mean and How Does it Work
In this article, I will discuss the explanation of ddos, have you ever heard what ddos is? Maybe you've heard that in the media there are websites that can't be accessed because they were hit by ddos attacks by a number of hackers, right, now I will explain what ddos is.
What is DDOS
Definition of DDOS
DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) is a type of cyber attack by flooding traffic on the network on a server, system or network which aims to paralyze the attacker's target server, DDOS is carried out crowded by hosts affected by viruses and hosts. The host is controlled by the attacker then the hosts are instructed to carry out DoS (Denial of Service), DOS itself is the same as DDoS but the difference lies in the number of attacks if DDoS is carried out by multiple hosts controlled by the attacker but DoS is carried out by 1 host or 1 traffic source.
How DDOS Attack Works
As previously explained, the way this ddos attack works is to flood traffic on the server network traffic, request requests to the server simultaneously and also in large numbers, then slowly the server will collapse due to overload. If you compare it to someone who receives a lot of assignment requests, over time that person will get dizzy and maybe drop
DDoS Attack Type
DDoS itself has several types of attacks that are commonly used by attackers
- Traffic Flooding : a type of DDoS that floods the server network traffic with TCP, UDP, or ICMP packets on a large scale so that the server bandwidth can no longer accommodate the traffic.
- Request Flooding : a type of DDoS that floods network traffic by using a lot of requests or requests continuously until the server can no longer respond to the request
DDoS Technique
To use a DDoS attack there are several techniques you can use
- Botnet : This DDOoS attack uses a collection of bots run collectively. To get the bot to do DDoS, the attacker must insert a malware designed by the attacker which is then distributed via the internet, whether it's from downloading pirated software or inserting it in an email.
- Virus : Almost similar to malware that is inserted with a botnet, the only difference is if this type of technique is to insert a ddos script on the virus, so if a computer is infected by the virus, the computer will automatically perform a DDOS attack on the IP / server specified in the script
That's all, from understanding DDOS attacks and how DDOS works