From 62344af774b662f202c5790e4ad0bb2a23fb6161 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "lpsolit%gmail.com" <> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:48:21 +0000 Subject: Bug 380730: Remove documentation about the withdrawn mod_throttle module - Patch by samfw r=mkanat --- docs/en/xml/glossary.xml | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/en/xml/glossary.xml') diff --git a/docs/en/xml/glossary.xml b/docs/en/xml/glossary.xml index 376b48cff..5b6d1a6e7 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/glossary.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/glossary.xml @@ -215,9 +215,7 @@ A DOS, or Denial of Service attack, is when a user attempts to deny access to a web server by repeatedly accessing a page or sending - malformed requests to a webserver. This can be effectively prevented - by using mod_throttle as described in - . A D-DOS, or + malformed requests to a webserver. A D-DOS, or Distributed Denial of Service attack, is when these requests come from multiple sources at the same time. Unfortunately, these are much more difficult to defend against. -- cgit v1.2.3-24-g4f1b