{"id":4613,"date":"2025-08-13T14:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hosted.com\/knowledgebase\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&#038;p=4613"},"modified":"2025-09-09T14:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:08:14","slug":"ddos-and-dos-attacks","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/www.hosted.com\/knowledgebase\/hosting\/ddos-and-dos-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are The Differences Between A DDoS And DoS Attack?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<!-- Article Structure Version 2 Style -->\r\n\r\n\t\t<style> #eckb-article-page-container-v2{width:100%}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-body{width:100%}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-body{grid-template-columns:0 100% 0%;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-left-sidebar{display:none;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-content{grid-column-start:1;grid-column-end:3;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-body{grid-template-columns:0% 100% 0;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-right-sidebar{display:none;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-content{grid-column-start:2;grid-column-end:4;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-body{grid-template-columns:0 100% 0;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-left-sidebar{display:none;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-right-sidebar{display:none;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-content{grid-column-start:1;grid-column-end:4;}@media only screen and (max-width:1025px){#eckb-article-page-container-v2{width:100%}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-body{width:100%}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-body{grid-template-columns:0 100% 0%;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-left-sidebar{display:none;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-content{grid-column-start:1;grid-column-end:3;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-body{grid-template-columns:0% 100% 0;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-right-sidebar{display:none;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-content{grid-column-start:2;grid-column-end:4;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-body{grid-template-columns:0 100% 0;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-left-sidebar{display:none;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-right-sidebar{display:none;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-content{grid-column-start:1;grid-column-end:4;}}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-left-sidebar{padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;;background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-top:0px;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-content{padding:20px;;background-color:#FFFFFF;}.eckb-article-content-created-date-container,.eckb-article-content-last-updated-date-container,.eckb-article-content-author-container,.eckb-article-content-article-views-counter-container,.eckb-ach__article-meta__date-created,.eckb-ach__article-meta__author,.eckb-ach__article-meta__views_counter,.eckb-ach__article-meta__date-updated{color:#003e71;font-size:14px !important;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-right-sidebar{padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;;background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-top:0px;}@media only screen and (max-width:768px){#eckb-article-page-container-v2{width:100%;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-content{grid-column-start:1;grid-column-end:4;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-left-sidebar{grid-column-start:1;grid-column-end:4;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-right-sidebar{grid-column-start:1;grid-column-end:4;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 .eckb-article-toc{position:relative;float:left;width:100%;height:auto;top:0;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-body{display:flex;flex-direction:column;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-left-sidebar{order:3;margin-top:0px!important;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-content{order:2;}#eckb-article-page-container-v2 #eckb-article-right-sidebar{order:1;margin-top:0px!important;}}<\/style>    \r\n\t\t<div id=\"eckb-article-page-container-v2\" class=\"eckb-article-page-content-counter eckb_ap_active_theme_hosted-bootstrap \" data-mobile_breakpoint=\"768\">    <div id=\"eckb-article-header\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"eckb-article-body\">  <div id=\"eckb-article-left-sidebar\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t        <article id=\"eckb-article-content\" data-article-id=\"4613\" >\r\n\r\n              <div id=\"eckb-article-content-header-v2\"><div id=\"eckb-article-content-header-row-1\"><div class=\"eckb-article-content-header-row-left-group\"><div id=\"eckb-article-back-navigation-container\"><div class=\"eckb-navigation-back  \"  style=\"margin-top: 0px; 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All Hosted.com\u00ae&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hosted.com\/hosting\/cpanel-web-hosting\" alt=\"Link to Hosted.com\u00ae Website - cPanel Web Hosting\" title=\"Hosted.com\u00ae - cPanel Web Hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cPanel Web Hosting<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hosted.com\/hosting\/wordpress\" alt=\"Link to Hosted.com\u00ae Website - WordPress Hosting\" title=\"Hosted.com\u00ae - WordPress Hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress Hosting<\/a> packages include DDoS Protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) are two of the most common and dangerous threats to online businesses. While both try to overwhelm websites and Web Hosting servers with too much traffic, and their names are very similar, it&#8217;s important to know how to tell them apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h4>TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/h4><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#what-is-a-do-s-attack\">What is a DoS Attack<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#what-is-a-d-do-s-attack\">What is a DDoS Attack<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#additional-information\">Additional Information<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#how-to-mitigate-a-do-s-attack\">How to Mitigate a DoS Attack<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#how-to-mitigate-a-d-do-s-attack\">How to Mitigate a DDoS Attack<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#what-makes-d-do-s-worse\">What Makes DDoS Worse<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-a-do-s-attack\">What is a DoS Attack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A DoS attack originates from a single source that sends a flood of traffic or malformed requests to a site or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hosted.com\/knowledgebase\/hosting\/web-server\/\" alt=\"Link to Hosted.com\u00ae KBs - What And Where Is My Web Server\" title=\"Hosted.com\u00ae - What And Where Is My Web Server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">web server<\/a>, overloading it by consuming resources (Bandwidth, CPU, RAM). The end result is a slow-loading site that becomes inaccessible to legitimate visitors or crashes completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Common types of DoS attacks:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ping of Death: <\/strong>Sends excessively large data packets that overwhelm sites and servers.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SYN Flood: <\/strong>Overloads a server with too many connection requests.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Buffer Overflow: <\/strong>Drains server memory to cause a crash.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Because DoS attacks usually come from one machine, they are easier to spot and mitigate. Security tools like Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) can filter and block suspicious traffic patterns, requests, and IP addresses and restore normal access fairly quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hosted.com\/images\/kb\/hosted-header-cpanel-web-hosting.png\" alt=\"Differences Between A DoS And DDoS Attack -cPanel Web Hosting\" title=\"What Are The Differences Between A DoS And DDoS Attack - cPanel Web Hosting\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-a-d-do-s-attack\">What is a DDoS Attack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A DDoS attack is similar to a DoS attack, but much larger in scope. These are typically executed using a botnet, a group of devices (computers, smartphones, and even networked appliances) infected with malware that the attacker controls to simultaneously send a huge amount of traffic and requests to a target. This means that, instead of coming from just one source, the attack can come from thousands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the main differences from a DoS attack. Because they come from multiple locations and IP addresses, detecting and blocking them is much more challenging. Large-scale attacks can generate enormous traffic spikes rapidly, overwhelming and crashing sites and servers before mitigation methods kick in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also work in different ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Volumetric:<\/strong> Flooding your network connection with excessive traffic.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Protocol-based:<\/strong> Exploiting how your system communicates.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Application-layer:<\/strong> Overwhelms specific parts of your site, such as login pages.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>DDoS attacks are harder to stop because the traffic comes from many different places. Blocking one IP address isn\u2019t enough. Some last just a few minutes while others can go on for hours, days, or even weeks. In some extreme cases, attackers use short bursts of traffic over time to stay undetected.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hosted.com\/images\/kb\/hosted-header-wordpress-hosting.png\" alt=\"Differences Between A DoS And DDoS Attack - WordPress Hosting\" title=\"What Are The Differences Between A DoS And DDoS Attack - WordPress Hosting\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"additional-information\">Additional Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-mitigate-a-do-s-attack\">How to Mitigate a DoS Attack<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned above, because a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Denial-of-service_attack\" alt=\"Link to Wikipedia - Denial Of Service Attack - DoS\" title=\"Wikipedia - Denial Of Service Attack - DoS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DoS attack<\/a> comes from one machine, it&#8217;s usually easier to detect and stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Install a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to monitor traffic and block malicious requests before they reach your server. It&#8217;s especially useful for filtering out unusual or suspicious patterns in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use IP Blocking to block the attacker&#8217;s IP address once it has been identified. Rate limiting sets limits on the number of requests that can be made within a certain time period. This helps prevent overloads caused by repeated requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-mitigate-a-d-do-s-attack\">How to Mitigate a DDoS Attack<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Preventing DDoS attacks is harder and requires more advanced methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cloud-based services can absorb massive amounts of malicious traffic before it reaches your server. They automatically filter out bot traffic and let only clean traffic through.;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) store static copies of your site content in multiple locations around the world, helping distribute incoming traffic and reduce pressure on your original server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In both cases, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hosted.com\/blog\/wordpress-privacy-policy\/\" alt=\"Link to Hosted.com\u00ae Blogs - The Importance Of A WordPress Privacy Policy In Hosting\" title=\"Hosted.com\u00ae - The Importance Of A WordPress Privacy Policy In Hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sudden website traffic spikes<\/a> are a warning sign, and early detection is key to a fast response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use tools to detect abnormal patterns and requests as well as monitor bandwidth, CPU usage, and incoming traffic. You can also use tools that identify \u201cbad IPs\u201d based on reputation and block them automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-makes-d-do-s-worse\">What Makes DDoS Worse<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Even short attacks can cost you money, harm your reputation, and cause frustration for your visitors, with longer attacks doing even more damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and AI has significantly increased the number of attack vectors available. 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