6. DDoS and Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks Both DoS and DDoS can deny user’s access to cloud based data and application, and render the service inoperable. Such attacks are usually done by causing saturation of bandwidth or blocking resources. One can adopt various measures including blackhol...
DoS attacks may be carried out either by making the victim computer use its resources unnecessarily (so it becomes unable to provide its intended service) or the attacker acting as an obstruction between the victim computer and its intended users so that further communication is not possible. Form...