Editing Denial-of-service attack (section)

===DDS based defense===
More focused on the problem than IPS, a DoS defense system (DDS) can block connection-based DoS attacks and those with legitimate content but bad intent. A DDS can also address both protocol attacks (such as teardrop and ping of death) and rate-based attacks (such as ICMP floods and SYN floods). DDS has a purpose-built system that can easily identify and obstruct denial of service attacks at a greater speed than a software-based system.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Popeskic|first=Valter|title=How to prevent or stop DoS attacks?|date=16 October 2012|url=https://howdoesinternetwork.com/2012/prevent-stop-dos-attacks}}</ref>