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A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack<\/strong> is an attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service, or network by overwhelming it with a flood of internet traffic. The attack comes from multiple sources, often a network of compromised computers or devices called a botnet. This makes DDoS attacks harder to block and more disruptive than a standard denial-of-service (DoS) attack.<\/p>\n A DoS (denial-of-service) attack<\/strong> works similarly but uses a single source to flood a target with traffic or exploit vulnerabilities. While a DoS attack can slow down or crash a system, it’s easier to detect and defend against because the traffic comes from one place.<\/p>\n The key difference is scale. A DoS attack is launched from one source, while a DDoS attack comes from many, making it more difficult to mitigate and more damaging to the target. The goal of both is the same: to make a service slow, unreliable, or completely unavailable to legitimate users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service, or network by overwhelming it with a flood of internet traffic. The attack comes from multiple sources, often a network of compromised computers or devices called a botnet. This makes DDoS attacks harder to block and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[12],"ht-kb-tag":[476,483,477,475,482],"class_list":["post-4142","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-threats-vulnerabilities","ht_kb_tag-ddos","ht_kb_tag-ddos-vs-dos","ht_kb_tag-denial-of-service","ht_kb_tag-dos","ht_kb_tag-dos-vs-ddos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n