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Old 11-22-2009, 02:42 AM
douglas1999 douglas1999 is offline
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Originally Posted by yaaaflow [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
DDOS stands for 'distributed denial of service'. So a DOS attack would be someone sending tremendous amounts of data through to the site they're attacking in order to make it not function properly. a DDOS is the same thing done from many different computers at many different locations, which is a ton harder to prevent.
Hahah wow, so people actually got angry enough over emulated everquest to coordinate a widespread "attack" in order to bork the server? What a bunch of virgins.