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minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoWikipedia has an entry on it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect While I’m not sure that a flash crowd is a DoS, it is extremely similar to a DDoS attack making it difficult to detect. I think a flash crowd is distinct from a DoS, tho. Even if flash crowds can often be initially categorised as a DDoS
Wikipedia has an entry on it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect
While I’m not sure that a flash crowd is a DoS, it is extremely similar to a DDoS attack making it difficult to detect.
I think a flash crowd is distinct from a DoS, tho. Even if flash crowds can often be initially categorised as a DDoS