05-26-2003, 02:10 AM
Kakomu is correct and great explanation.. Basically you have like 1000 computers or so with fast computers all start sending LOTs of data packets to the one computer and basically that one computer can't handle them all so either it quits responding totally or there isn't any processing power or bandwidth left for it to service normal customers thus Denial of Service.. but most of the time if the attacks can be caught in time then can be filtered out so the computer never gets them etc..