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DOSing

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Sorry if this is the wrong place to put this...I'm not very familiar with all these technical terms.

What do you guys suggest if I believe someone is "DOSing" my forum?

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Re: DOSing

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what is Dosing ?
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Re: DOSing

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Thanks for the quick reply.
Denial of Service. An electronic attack whose purpose is to prohibit an opponent the
use of a program or an entire system.
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Re: DOSing

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It depends on the size of the DDoS.

Anything of reasonable size is going to require a hardware firewall at the DC
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