DoS -> Denial of Service tag synonym

Question

I propose that the dos and ddos tags are replaced with denial-of-service, and synonyms are set up appropriately. This provides absolute clarity, rather than an ambiguous acronym. The new tag should also encompass non-flood attacks, such as exploiting poor incorrect password blocking systems.

Users should be encouraged to combine this tag with other tags for specific types of attacks, e.g. syn-flood.

The problem is that the tag names are always lowercase, and there are other things that might come under the "DOS" acronym, e.g. Distributed Operating System, Distributed Object System, Disk Operating System, Data Over Signalling, etc.

I also don't think we need a separate tag specifically for distributed attacks, since the distinction is minimal and most ddos questions also get tagged as dos.

Thoughts?

Answer 1

I agree wrt dos as a synonym to denial-of-service - I think that is a good idea, and as @Hendrik said, if there are no objections he will set it up.

However I dont agree about ddos - though in effect the actual outcome is pretty much the same (no service), it is a different type of attack, with different solutions for different scenarios.
I'll admit, in many questions the asker is confused, and doesnt really know which one he means - but we do, and I think these are really different situations.