You know those times when a website crashes because too many people are trying to use it at once?
It’s like a traffic jam on a busy road.
This can happen because of a big event like a famous artist releasing a new album, or a big game going live.
But sometimes, it can also happen because someone with bad intentions floods the website with tons of fake traffic to intentionally crash it.
This is called a “denial-of-service” attack, and it’s a big problem on the internet.
Usually, these bad guys (let’s call them internet bullies) get lots of computers to bombard a website with traffic, so it can’t handle real visitors. Sometimes they do it to ask for money, sometimes just to create chaos.
To catch these internet bullies, the people protecting websites often set a limit or “threshold”. They keep an eye on the traffic…
