312-50V11 · Question #674
What do Trinoo, TFN2k, WinTrinoo, T-Sight, and Stracheldraht have in common?
The correct answer is C. All are DDOS tools. Trinoo, TFN2k, WinTrinoo, T-Sight, and Stacheldraht are all well-known distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack frameworks that use a master-agent architecture.
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What do Trinoo, TFN2k, WinTrinoo, T-Sight, and Stracheldraht have in common?
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- AAll are hacking tools developed by the legion of doom
- BAll are tools that can be used not only by hackers, but also security personnel
- CAll are DDOS tools
- DAll are tools that are only effective against Windows
- EAll are tools that are only effective against Linux
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(50 responses)- A2% (1)
- C94% (47)
- D4% (2)
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Trinoo, TFN2k, WinTrinoo, T-Sight, and Stacheldraht are all well-known distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack frameworks that use a master-agent architecture.
None of these tools were developed by the Legion of Doom; they emerged from various underground sources in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
These tools are offensive DDoS attack platforms, not dual-use security utilities like vulnerability scanners or network analyzers.
All of these tools are DDoS frameworks that coordinate large-scale flooding attacks using a handler-zombie model. Trinoo uses UDP floods, TFN2k and Stacheldraht support ICMP, SYN, and UDP floods, and WinTrinoo is a Windows port of Trinoo - all designed specifically to overwhelm targets with traffic from many compromised hosts simultaneously.
These tools direct attack traffic at any IP-connected target regardless of operating system; they are not limited to Windows victims.
These tools are not restricted to Linux targets; they can flood any network-accessible system or infrastructure.
Concept tested: DDoS attack tools and handler-zombie frameworks
Source: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/DDoS_Quick_Guide.pdf
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