Primary definition
Denial of service attacks Have the goal of causing a loss of a specific service to users or at least to considerably restrict the accessibility of the service.
Also known asDoS · denial of service · network flood attack · resource exhaustion attack · DDoS · distributed denial of service
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— Information Assurance Situation in Switzerland and InternationallyView source
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IASSI
Denial of service attacks Have the goal of causing a loss of a specific service to users or at least to considerably restrict the accessibility of the service.
Information Assurance Situation in Switzerland and Internationally · 2024
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Dos Attacks. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 20, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/dos-attacks
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Information Assurance Situation in Switzerland and Internationally
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