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Application-Level Denial of Service

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Srivatsa, M., Iyengar, A. (2011). Application-Level Denial of Service. In: van Tilborg, H.C.A., Jajodia, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5906-5_262

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