Everyone has mentioned the destructive nature of some people. However I would also point out that some use a DoS as a means to cover up trails in logs and distr

Everyone has mentioned the destructive nature of some people. However I would also point out that some use a DoS as a means to cover up trails in logs and distract the admin from another type of attack. If you're paying attention to the DoS, you might not notice any logs or alerts about someone downloading 6GB of data from your database.