Describe an unintentional DoS attack.

What will be an ideal response?


A friendly or unintentional DoS attack is just as it's named: a system is brought down unintentionally. The most common form of friendly DoS occurs on a super-busy server: an organization's infrastructure isn't strong enough to keep up with legitimate demand. This is very common on the Web when a popular site makes a reference to a small site or someone mentions the small site on a radio or TV program, resulting in a massive increase in traffic to the small site. This unintentional DoS attack goes by many names, such as slashdotting or the Reddit hug of death.
 

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