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DoS vs DDoS

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DoS vs DDoS

A Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack is a type of cyberattack where an attacker attempts to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by overwhelming it with malicious traffic or requests, originating from a single source. A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is similar, but the attack traffic comes from multiple compromised systems, creating a larger and more difficult-to-mitigate disruption.

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