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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>DoS attack</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="doorstop.html" title="doorstop"/><link rel="next" href="dot-file.html" title="dot file"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">DoS attack</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="doorstop.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dot-file.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="DoS-attack"/><dt xmlns="" id="DoS-attack"><b>DoS attack</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">//</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet,common; note that it's unrelated to <span class="firstterm">DOS</span> as name of an operating system]
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Abbreviation for Denial-Of-Service attack. This abbreviation is most often
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used of attempts to shut down newsgroups with floods of
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<a href="../S/spam.html"><i class="glossterm">spam</i></a>, or to flood network links with large amounts
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of traffic, or to flood network links with large amounts of traffic, often
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by abusing network broadcast addresses. Compare
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