This document discusses DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks and methods for mitigating them. It defines DDoS as simultaneous attacks from multiple sources aimed at overwhelming the bandwidth or resources of the targeted system. The document outlines different types of DDoS attacks like amplification attacks using NTP and DNS. It provides statistics on the rising scale and commercialization of DDoS attacks. Finally, it recommends mitigation approaches for servers like using mod_evasion with Apache, rate limiting with Nginx, and firewall configurations.
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