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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- DDoS – Technical Developments
- Phases of Hacktivism
- Phases of DDoS: Technological developments
- Effectivity and Legitimacy of DDoS
- Breakdown and visibility
- DDoS as breakdown
- DDoS becomes ordinary
- The politics of infrastructuring
- Conclusions
- Bibliography