DDoS

Software.
==DoS/DDoS Description==
In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of efforts to temporarily or indefinitely interrupt or suspend services of a host connected to the Internet.
==Software==
There is a variety of DoS software available for free on the Internet which Anonymous and other hacktivists use. Anonymous typically target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers such as banks, credit card payment gateways, and even root nameservers. This technique has now seen extensive use in certain games, used by server owners, or disgruntled competitors on games. Increasingly, DoS attacks have also been used as a form of resistance. DoS they say is a tool for registering dissent. Richard Stallman has stated that DoS is a form of 'Internet Street Protests’.[1] The term is generally used relating to computer networks, but is not limited to this field; for example, it is also used in reference to CPU resource management.
Amoung others, Anonymous is known for using Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC). It is an open source network stress testing and denial-of-service attack application, written in C#. LOIC was initially developed by Praetox Technologies, but was later released into the public domain and now is hosted on several open source platforms.
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