Create a denial of service
Network attacks
Article REF: H5830 V1
Create a denial of service
Network attacks

Author : Laurent LEVIER

Publication date: April 10, 2005 | Lire en français

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3. Create a denial of service

Hackers don't always want to gain privileges when they attack a company. Sometimes, they simply want to cause harm by disrupting a resource such as a network or system. To achieve this goal, he uses techniques that are often much simpler to implement than those we've already seen.

3.1 Resource saturation

The simplest methods include saturating network resources (usually bandwidth) or system resources (number of sessions, bandwidth, etc.). To achieve this, there are a number of different techniques, each of which affects a specific element of the resource.

  • Flooding saturates the network

    The flooding principle is very simple. It's based on the fact that the hacker can generate more bandwidth...

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