DDoSing
Coordinated traffic attack
DDoSing is overwhelming a website or server with traffic from multiple sources to make it inaccessible—a distributed denial-of-service attack.
The distributed aspect distinguishes it from a simple DoS attack: the flood comes from many computers, often a botnet of compromised machines.
The site went down because someone was DDoSing it.
Sometimes used loosely for any intentional server overload.
Remotely controlled infected computers
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- packetsSmall sealed portions
- zombiesReanimated dead people
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
reflection · volumetric · smurf · teardrop · coordinated
Loss of electrical service
- downtimePeriod of non-operation
- unavailabilityState of being unobtainable
- crashSudden violent impact
- timeoutBrief suspension of play
latency · slowdown · unresponsive · inaccessible · degradation · interruption · blackout · crippling
Obtaining through threats
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- hacktivismPolitical protest via intrusion
- AnonymousLeaderless hacktivist network
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
retaliation · censorship · political · vendetta · rivalry · booter · cybercrime · warfare
Network access control system
- rate-limitingConstraining maximum throughput
- CDNDistributed web delivery infrastructure
- CloudflareWeb security and performance company
- scrubbingCleaning by rubbing hard
mitigation · blackholing · sinkhole · redundancy · failover · threshold · allowlist · blocklist
botnet
Remotely controlled infected computers
amplification · reflection · volumetric · smurf · teardrop · coordinated
outage
Loss of electrical service
- downtimePeriod of non-operation
- unavailabilityState of being unobtainable
- crashSudden violent impact
timeout · latency · slowdown · unresponsive · inaccessible · degradation · interruption · blackout · crippling · takedown
extortion
Obtaining through threats
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- hacktivismPolitical protest via intrusion
- AnonymousLeaderless hacktivist network
protest · retaliation · censorship · political · vendetta · rivalry · booter · cybercrime · warfare
firewall
Network access control system
- rate-limitingConstraining maximum throughput
- CDNDistributed web delivery infrastructure
- CloudflareWeb security and performance company
scrubbing · mitigation · blackholing · sinkhole · redundancy · failover · threshold · allowlist · blocklist
DDoSingprotecting
Keeping from harm
defending · load balancing · cyber defense · safeguarding · failover
DDoSingload balancing
Distributing work across resources
hosting · serving · scaling up · defending
DDoS, denial, deny, denying, denied, denier, deniable, undeniable, service