EBK COMPUTER NETWORKING
EBK COMPUTER NETWORKING
7th Edition
ISBN: 8220102955479
Author: Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem R27RQ
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Botnet:

Botnet is the aggregation of internet accessing devices like Personal Computers (PC), servers, cellular components and many such. Every computer system in a botnet is considered as bot. These bots are formed together as a specific group which is managed by third parties to operate the spam data.

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack:

Distributed denial of service is a type of Denial of Service (DoS) attack that includes multiple computer systems which are affected by trojans. It increases the complexity in accessing the internet.

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