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      What are DDoS attacks?

      Depending on the type of object that is disabled during a DDoS attack, there are 4 classes of attacks that are carried out at different levels according to the OSI model.

      ATTACK TYPE

      OBJECT OF ATTACK

      First grade

      (L2)

      "Clogging" the channel

      NTP-amplification

      DNS-amplification

      RIP-amplification

      ICMP Flood

      UDP Flood

      SYN Flood

      etc.

      Second grade (L3)

      Disruption of the network infrastructure

      attacks causing BGP routing problems

      attacks leading to problems with network announcements

      problems with transit network equipment

      etc.

      Third grade

      (L4)

      Exploiting TCP Stack Weaknesses

      TCP Connection Flood

      SlowLoris

      Slow POST

      etc.

      Fourth grade (L7)

      Degradation of the web application

      GET Flood

      POST Flood

      HTTP Flood

      multiple retrievals of specific information from a database, memory, or disk, as a result - the exhaustion of server resources

      etc.

      If you have any questions, please create a ticket to technical support.