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312-50V7 · Question #101

Jacob is looking through a traffic log that was captured using Wireshark. Jacob has come across what appears to be SYN requests to an internal computer from a spoofed IP address. What is Jacob…

The correct answer is B. Jacob is seeing a SYN flood. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

Jacob is looking through a traffic log that was captured using Wireshark. Jacob has come across what appears to be SYN requests to an internal computer from a spoofed IP address. What is Jacob seeing here?

Options

  • AJacob is seeing a Smurf attack.
  • BJacob is seeing a SYN flood.
  • CHe is seeing a SYN/ACK attack.
  • DHe has found evidence of an ACK flood.

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(31 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    74% (23)
  • C
    16% (5)
  • D
    6% (2)

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