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13.3.25.2 Denial of Service

Firewall
A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack is an attempt to make a computer resource
unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of concerted
efforts to prevent an Internet site or service from functioning efficiently.
One common method involves saturating the target's machine with external communications requests, so it cannot respond to
legitimate traffic or responds so slowly as to be rendered effectively unavailable. DoS attacks are implemented by either
forcing the targeted computer(s) to reset, or consume its resources so it can't provide its intended service.
The DoS screen displays the types of attack, number of times it occurred and the time of last occurrence.
To view access point DoS attack information:
1. Select the Statistics
2. Select System
connected access points.
3. Select Firewall
4. Select Denial of
Figure 13-87 Access Point - Firewall Packet Flows screen
menu from the Web UI.
from the navigation pane (on the left-hand side of the screen). Expand a RF Domain and select one of its
and expand the menu to reveal its sub menu
Service.
items.