Peter is a lead penetration tester in a security service firm named Xsecurity. Recently, Peter was assigned a white-box pen test assignment testing the security of an IDS system deployed by a…

Peter is a lead penetration tester in a security service firm named Xsecurity. Recently, Peter was assigned a white-box pen test assignment testing the security of an IDS system deployed by a client. During the preliminary information gathering, Peter discovered the TTL to reach the IDS system from his end is 30. From his end, to reach the firewall, the TTL is 28. Peter performed a traceroute to the IDS system from his end, then used a packet flooding prior to test/reach the IDS system, which he controlled packets with the destination address of a target host behind the IDS whose TTL is 35. What is Peter trying to achieve?