Cardano Is Resistant To DDoS Attacks

DDoS attacks are a significant threat to online services. The main objective of the attacks is to make a service unavailable. Cardano can be seen as an online service. It provides a platform for executing smart contracts, transferring funds, and other functionalities over the Internet. Like any online service, it could theoretically be targeted by a DDoS attack. However, due to its decentralized nature and the security measures in place, it is much more resilient to such attacks than traditional centralized online services. Read about how resistant Cardano is to DDoS attacks.

What is a DDoS attack?

A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal functioning of a network, service, or server by overwhelming it with a flood of internet traffic. This is also called spamming the network. Attackers (or also spammers) try to create similar traffic (eg transactions) that look similar to normal traffic from users. This means that spam transactions are mixed with user transactions.

In the context of the article, the term spam is used for the attacker’s transactions. This is not a spam email.

These attacks work by utilizing multiple compromised computer systems (botnets) as sources of attack traffic. Exploited machines can include computers and other…