Using a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, hacktivists make websites inaccessible using botnets, and overwhelming the target site with server requests.

利用分布式拒绝服务（DDoS）攻击，激进黑客使用僵尸网络和用服务器请求淹没目标网站的方式，让网站无法访问。

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In this paper, an adaptive router throttle algorithm is presented to defend a server against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

提出一种自适应路由器限流算法防御分布拒绝服务攻击的机制。

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Within hours, according to the cybersecurity researchers at Panda Labs, the loose group of hackers that calls itself Anonymous launched a distributed denial of service attack that threw junk traffic at the web server of the blog that had made the WikiLeaks announcement, and by 4am had taken the site offline.

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