Denial of service

[City <stryker () WPI EDU>]

Hello,

A quick question for anyone out there...What exactly is denial of service?
And how can it be used to attack a particular server? I'm new to this, as
I've only been working for about a year, and hear this term from time to
time...thx.

City

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