You work for a small city IT department and are giving a pre

You work for a small city IT department and are giving a presentation on correct employee computer and network use to a group of new hires. You are currently describing various security issues in relation to the Internet and are describing a type of attack directed at a server computer by a massive number of computers for the purpose of making the services provided by that server unavailable. What are you describing?

A. DoS

B. DDoS

C. Rootkit

D. Grayware

Solution

B. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is one in which a vast number of compromised computers are directed to request services or otherwise communicate with a specific server at the same time for the purpose of making that server and its services unavailable. Often, the owners of the computers used in this type of attack are unaware that their computers have been compromised and are being used by a malicious person for this purpose.