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312-49V9 · Question #293
James is testing the ability of his routers to withstand DoS attacks. James sends ICMP ECHO requests to the broadcast address of his network. What type of DoS attack is James testing against his…
The correct answer is B. Smurf. The Fraggle attack is like a smurf attack, but uses UDP packets and not ICMP.
Network Forensics
Question
James is testing the ability of his routers to withstand DoS attacks. James sends ICMP ECHO requests to the broadcast address of his network. What type of DoS attack is James testing against his network?
Options
- AFraggle
- BSmurf
- CSYN flood
- DTrinoo
How the community answered
(28 responses)- A18% (5)
- B71% (20)
- C7% (2)
- D4% (1)
Explanation
The Fraggle attack is like a smurf attack, but uses UDP packets and not ICMP.
Topics
#DoS attacks#Smurf attack#ICMP broadcast#network forensics
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