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UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a simple connectionless transmission model formally defined in RFC 768.

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Does the choice of protocol affect the efficiency of a DOS attack?

In principle a DDOS attack can send completely legitimate requests and thus overload the server. For example, just use a botnet to visit some persons blog and the server will potentially collapse unde …
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