Denial Of Service - Amped Wireless APR175P ProSeries AC1750 User Manual

APR175P USER'S GUIDE

Denial of Service

A Denial of Service attack is an attempt by a user (or users) to
make a server's or network's services unavailable. The user
sends a server multiple requests with false return addresses.
The server will attempt to respond by sending a request back to
the user; however, since the address is false, the server will wait
for a response before closing the connection. When multiple
requests like this occur, servers may often get overloaded with
too many requests and stop functioning altogether. This is a
typical DoS attack, although DoS attacks may not be limited to
this type of attack.
The Router can assist in preventing these types of attacks by scanning the network for patterns of activity that
represent DoS attacks. If a pattern comes in frequently, the Router can attempt to block messages containing
that pattern and thus protect the server from becoming overloaded and unresponsive.
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