** attackers can use DNS requests as the medium to transmit data to an external resource.
** attackers can use DNS requests as the medium to transmit data to an external resource.
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===Denial of Service===
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===[[DoS Attack|Denial of Service]]===
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* Flooding a website with too much traffic can stop it from responding to queries; bugs can also be used to destabilize the system's security.[2] Distributed denial of service attacks ([[DDoS Attacks]]) are a form of DoS attack that is particularly dangerous and has received a lot of attention in the last few years.