>thanks for your help and explanation.
>
>but why do people do this? Do they make money doing this?
I haven't heard of any cases where people made money from a DoS attack (although it's
possible that someone could covertly pay a hacker to take down their competitor).
Typically, it's some kid who thinks he'll be cool if he can take down some web site.
It's the electronic version of vandalism.
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