glups@piefed.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoWhat actually happens in a DDOS attack?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareWhat actually happens in a DDOS attack?glups@piefed.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
Is there no ordering for incoming requests that would just slow a server down instead of breaking? What actually breaks?
minus-squareShadow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up38·22 days agoImagine a server is a shopping mall. Now imagine you’ve got 20 years worth of black Friday traffic trying to get to it. The server might be able to handle the requests that get to it, but the sheer volume of traffic makes it impossible to get in or out effectively.
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·22 days ago20 years of Black Friday traffic because some anonymous person put up realistic looking advertisements all over the city offering 90% off from 9:00 to noon.
minus-squareWhatsHerBucket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 days agoI’ve been in the field a long time, this is probably the best analogy I’ve heard for it.
minus-squarediabetic_porcupine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 days agoYeah and one of the stores staff member actually has to remember the name and request of every guest until the sever is ready to get them their order
Imagine a server is a shopping mall. Now imagine you’ve got 20 years worth of black Friday traffic trying to get to it.
The server might be able to handle the requests that get to it, but the sheer volume of traffic makes it impossible to get in or out effectively.
20 years of Black Friday traffic because some anonymous person put up realistic looking advertisements all over the city offering 90% off from 9:00 to noon.
I’ve been in the field a long time, this is probably the best analogy I’ve heard for it.
Yeah and one of the stores staff member actually has to remember the name and request of every guest until the sever is ready to get them their order