Thread: DOS ATTACK,should I be worried
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Old 21-10-2009, 14:52   #11
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Re: DOS ATTACK,should I be worried
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Originally Posted by Rob M View Post
You'll normally find that port scanners scan a range of ports, not the same port multiple times. A DOS is normally caused my sending massive amounts of traffic to a single socket, which is what the OP seems to be describing. If they were seeing a port scanner I'd expect to see them complaining of lots of ports being scanned not just port 80.
It could be both to be fair.
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