Term:Denial of Service

CNSSI 4009

Denial of Service - Any action or series of actions that prevents any part of an IS from functioning.

DoDI 8560.01

Denial of Service - Any action or series of actions that prevents any part of an information system from functioning. E2.6.

DSS Glossary

Denial of Service - When action result in the inability to communicate and/or the inability of an Automated Information System or any essential part to perform its designated mission, either by loss or degradation of a signal or operational capability.

GAO-09-232G

Denial of Service (DOS) - 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.)

NIST IR 7298

Denial of Service (DoS) - 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: SP 800-27A

NIST SP 800-27rA

Denial of Service - 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.)

NIST SP 800-30

Denial of Service - The prevention of authorized access to resources or the delaying of time-critical operations.

NIST SP 800-33

Denial of Service - The prevention of authorized access to resources or the delaying of time-critical operations.

NIST SP 800-61r1

Denial of Service (DoS) - An attack that prevents or impairs the authorized use of networks, systems, or applications by exhausting resources.

NIST SP 800-61

Denial of Service (DoS) - An attack that prevents or impairs the authorized use of networks, systems, or applications by exhausting resources.

NIST SP 800-82 Final Draft

Denial of Service (DoS) - The prevention of authorized access to a system resource or the delaying of system operations and functions. [RFC 2828, Internet Security Glossary, May 2000, http://rfc.net/rfc2828.html.]