http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com...557336,00.html
okay a normal ping receives a response when you ping a machine right?
you know
ping 127.0.0.1
you get
reply blah blah blah blah
repy blah blah blah blah
reply blah blah blah blah
your computer waits for the response. and reports it
well with a DDOS you have a large scale of computers pinging or sending infortmation toa certain target
so in this case
in easy terms the computer doesnt have a chance to respond to the computer sending the information causing the target to freeze.
i.e
from my machine to yours its like this
hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there ....................hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there hey you there
the computer being sent the information is not given any time to respond causing it to lock up
sorry im really tired hope you understand alittle bit better