{"id":864,"date":"2019-10-02T09:50:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T08:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/?page_id=864"},"modified":"2022-12-22T15:03:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T14:03:17","slug":"ddos-attack","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/glossary\/ddos-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"DDoS attack (Denial of Service or DoS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"eplus-g8WmOJ wp-block-cover alignfull is-light eplus-wrapper\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim has-background-gradient\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(21,115,191) 0%,rgb(255,0,0) 100%)\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eplus-jHQ0mn wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"eplus-yhMUPb wp-block-columns alignwide eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-34786c\">\n<div class=\"eplus-uZP09p wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"eplus-w1OVxy has-nv-text-dark-bg-color has-text-color eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to fight against DDoS attacks?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-OSOMvQ has-nv-text-dark-bg-color has-text-color eplus-wrapper\">Thanks to Nameshield\u2019s <a href=\"\/en\/cybersecurity\/dns-premium\/\">DNS Pre\u00admi\u00adum <\/a>labelled France Cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adri\u00adty, with its anti-DDoS fil\u00adter and its any\u00adcast net\u00adwork allow\u00ading to ensure a per\u00adfect avail\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty of your Inter\u00adnet ser\u00advices and pre\u00advent any dis\u00adrup\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eplus-UNouhM wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"eplus-SaxWY6 wp-block-buttons eplus-wrapper is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"eplus-jdPz4t is-style-primary wp-block-button eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-294ecc\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/en\/cybersecurity\/dns-premium\/\">FIND OUT ABOUT OUR DNS PREMIUM SOLUTION<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eplus-jy8mGW wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"eplus-0ZlRgg has-nv-text-dark-bg-color has-text-color eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\"> What\u2019s a <em>DDoS<\/em> attack?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-n6i4E5 has-nv-text-dark-bg-color has-text-color eplus-wrapper\">An attack by denial of ser\u00advice (DoS) is an IT attack that aims to make a ser\u00advice unavail\u00adable, to hin\u00adder the legit\u00adi\u00admate users of a ser\u00advice from using it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"eplus-2RXwNF wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"eplus-cJyGLe wp-block-image size-large eplus-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nameshield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DDoS-attaque-1024x1003.png\" alt=\"Attaque DDoS\" class=\"wp-image-5070\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eplus-iVeaWN wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eplus-RwLdAk wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-FzQg8t eplus-wrapper\">It can be about:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-list eplus-styles-uid-d893df\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">The flood\u00ading of a net\u00adwork to pre\u00advent its oper\u00ada\u00adtion;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">The dis\u00adrup\u00adtion of con\u00adnec\u00adtions between two machines, hin\u00adder\u00ading the access to a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar ser\u00advice;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">The obstruc\u00adtion of access to a ser\u00advice for a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar per\u00adson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-yZIuAh eplus-wrapper\">The denial of ser\u00advice attack can then block a file serv\u00ader, make it impos\u00adsi\u00adble to access a web serv\u00ader or hin\u00adder the dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion of email in a com\u00adpa\u00adny. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-QlCYSP eplus-wrapper\">The first attacks were per\u00adpe\u00adtrat\u00aded by a sin\u00adgle \u201cattack\u00ader\u201d with lim\u00adit\u00aded resources and attract\u00aded by achieve\u00adment and rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"eplus-789PRX eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>DDoS<\/strong><\/em><strong> attack<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-Ir2hJi eplus-wrapper\">Today, with the strong rise of busi\u00adness trades on the Inter\u00adnet, the num\u00adber of denial of ser\u00advice black\u00admail attacks has strong\u00adly increased, more advanced attacks have appeared, imply\u00ading many \u201csol\u00addiers\u201d, also called \u201czom\u00adbies\u201d. This is called <strong><em>DDoS <\/em><\/strong>(dis\u00adtrib\u00aduted denial of ser\u00advice attack).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-Uj9bVB eplus-wrapper\">These <strong><em>DDoS attacks<\/em><\/strong> are on the rise and par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly tar\u00adget large com\u00adpa\u00adnies, accom\u00adpa\u00adnied by a ran\u00adsom request to stop the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-aj3W8U eplus-wrapper\"><em>Source: Nameshield\u2019s White paper \u2013 Under\u00adstand\u00ading domain names<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-gDQmXT eplus-wrapper\"><em>For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion on the attacks tar\u00adget\u00ading the DNS, you can find on the blog an arti\u00adcle about the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nameshield.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/24\/3-common-dns-attacks-defeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3 most com\u00admon DNS attacks and how to defeat them.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-Y813HX eplus-wrapper\"><em>And also dis\u00adcov\u00ader the white paper on \u201cDomain names secu\u00adri\u00adty\u201d to down\u00adload here. A best prac\u00adtices guide to effec\u00adtive\u00adly pro\u00adtect your domain names from cyber threats includ\u00ading DDoS attacks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:64px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eplus-4ZXH4S wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be about: The denial of ser\u00advice attack can then block a file serv\u00ader, make it impos\u00adsi\u00adble to access a web serv\u00ader or hin\u00adder the dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion of email in a com\u00adpa\u00adny. 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