How might one explain the meaning of “DDoS” to a less tech-savvy individual?
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Your local pizza shop has a phone line. Normal ppl call in and order their pizza and hang up, leaving it available for other ppl.
DoS stands for denial of service. The actor is denying the service to other users. One guy calls the pizza shop and doesn’t hang up. The shop owner hangs up on him but he just calls right back. He’s using a computer to dial the shop phone number continuously 24/7. Other ppl that want to call for a pizza get a busy signal. The pizza ordering service is denied.
Shop owner gets fed up with this cause he’s loosing business. He calls the phone company and tells them this guy needs to be shut off. Phone company shuts off the assholes phone. Shop owner and pizza eaters are relieved.
Asshole throws a hissy fit. He builds a computer program to hijack phone from all over the world and call the pizza shop. Phone company can’t shut off phones from other places other countries. The service is denied from a distributed source.
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