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Glossary

ENDenial of Service (DoS) 
1. The prevention of authorized access to a system resource or the delaying of time-critical operations and functions.

(Source: RFC 2828)

2. The prevention of authorized access to resources or the delaying of time-critical operations. (Time-critical may be milliseconds or it may be hours, depending upon the service provided.)

(Source: NIST SP 800-27A)


TC/SC:57Terms     Info     Publications
Published in:IEC 62351-2, ed. 1.0 (2008-08) Terms     Info
Reference number:2.2.82
Source:RFC 2828, NIST SP 800-27A

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