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Rate this topic  Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks and You
By Paul Robichaux  It sounds like a bad 1950s monster movie:
"Attack of the Killer Zombies." Unfortunately, though, it could
easily be a headline from the recent spate of network attacks
targeted at corporate, government, education, and private
computer systems. In this article, you will learn how these
attacks work and how to keep from becoming an unwitting zombie
in the army of a malicious attacker.  On This Page
Understanding the Problem Getting Pecked to Death by Ducks How
Attacks Work How to Protect Yourself Where to Learn More
Understanding the Problem  The more technical term for a zombie
attack is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. This
sounds like an intimidating term, but it's actually pretty
simple. Let's start with the "denial of service" part. Imagine
that your town's emergency response center only had one phone
line, and that a prankster kept calling it and