What distinguishes a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack from a traditional Denial of Service (DoS) attack?

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• AA DDoS attack originates from external devices, while a DoS attack originates from internal
• BA DoS attack targets one server; a DDoS attack targets all the clients that use a server.
• CA DDoS attack targets multiple devices, while a DoS is designed to incapacitate only one device.
• DA DDoS attack is launched from multiple devices, while a DoS attack is launched from a single

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  7% (3)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  87% (40)

Explanation

Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are both designed to disrupt the availability of a network, service, or device by overwhelming it with traffic or requests. HPE Aruba Networking documentation, particularly in the context of Wireless Intrusion Prevention (WIP) and network security, often discusses these attacks to help administrators mitigate them. DoS Attack: A DoS attack is launched from a single source (e.g., one device or IP address) and aims to overwhelm a target (e.g., a server, network, or device) with traffic, making it unavailable to legitimate users. For example, a DoS attack might flood a server with SYN packets to exhaust DDoS Attack: A DDoS attack is a more sophisticated version of a DoS attack, where the attack is launched from multiple sources (e.g., a botnet of compromised devices). These sources work together to overwhelm the target, making the attack harder to mitigate because the traffic comes from many different IP addresses.

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