What is Flood Attack?

Definition

A type of Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack where the attacker overwhelms a network or server with excessive traffic, making it inaccessible to legitimate users.

Examples include UDP floods, ICMP floods, and SYN floods.

Real-World Examples

SYN flood attacks aim to exhaust server resources by initiating numerous incomplete connection requests.

Quiz

Are flood attacks a type of DoS attack?

Yes.