A buncha different clients all try and access the same thing at the same time. This overwhelms the thing they are accessing and prevents other, legitimate users accessing it.
Imagine the website or server like a retail store, the connection point the front door, and the DDOS as a bunch of obese people attempting to go through the doors all at once and getting stuck.
A buncha different clients all try and access the same thing at the same time. This overwhelms the thing they are accessing and prevents other, legitimate users accessing it.
Imagine the website or server like a retail store, the connection point the front door, and the DDOS as a bunch of obese people attempting to go through the doors all at once and getting stuck.
Ah, I see, like the diseases in Mr Burns’ body