Which attack sends a massive number of ICMP echo requests?

The correct answer is C. Ping Flood. Ping Flood works by overwhelming a target with a massive volume of ICMP echo request packets (standard "ping" packets), exhausting bandwidth or processing capacity. A (Smurf Attack) is wrong because while it does use ICMP, it amplifies traffic by spoofing the victim's IP and…

Attacks and Countermeasures

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ASmurf Attack
BSYN Flood
CPing Flood
DTeardrop

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A
3% (1)
B
3% (1)
C
94% (34)

Explanation

Ping Flood works by overwhelming a target with a massive volume of ICMP echo request packets (standard "ping" packets), exhausting bandwidth or processing capacity. A (Smurf Attack) is wrong because while it does use ICMP, it amplifies traffic by spoofing the victim's IP and broadcasting to many hosts - the flood is indirect, not direct. B (SYN Flood) targets TCP by sending many half-open connection requests, never completing the handshake, which has nothing to do with ICMP. D (Teardrop) exploits IP fragmentation by sending malformed overlapping packet fragments to crash the target - again, unrelated to ICMP echo requests.

Memory tip: Think "ping = ICMP" - a Ping Flood is just pinging someone to death. If the attack name contains "ping," it's ICMP.

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#ICMP#Denial of Service#Ping Flood#DoS Attack

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