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How does the scanning service test a network for a Denial of Service (DoS) attack without bringing down the Web server?

April 26, 2017Attack denial dos Network scanning service Test web server

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How does the scanning service test a network for a Denial of Service (DoS) attack without bringing down the Web server?

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When the scanning service tests for a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability on a host, it sends special test packets. By analyzing the host’s response, the scan can determine if the host is vulnerable to a DoS attack without flooding it with traffic. Return to the top of the page.