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Denial-of-Service(DoS) Attacks

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Types <strong>of</strong> <strong>DoS</strong> attack (from textbook- redbook)<br />

• 1. network device level - by taking advantage <strong>of</strong> bugs or<br />

weaknesses in s<strong>of</strong>tware or by exhausting the hardware<br />

resources <strong>of</strong> network devices.<br />

– a buffer overrun error in the password checking routine. Using<br />

this, certain routers could crash if the connection to the router is<br />

performed via telnet and extremely long passwords are entered.<br />

source: pp.119, Chap.8 Network Security - current status and future directions, edited by Christos Douligeris et al.

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