CAS-002 · Question #375
Which of the following security measures would be most effective against a memory exhaustion DoS attack?
The correct answer is B. Secure programming. Memory exhaustion happens when a flaw in an application allows the application to keep consuming more memory leaving none available for other applications. Answer option C is incorrect. Checking user inputs is an effective defense against SQL injection attacks, but not memory…
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Which of the following security measures would be most effective against a memory exhaustion DoS attack?
Options
- ASPI Firewall
- BSecure programming
- CChecking user inputs
- DTruncating buffers
How the community answered
(32 responses)- A13% (4)
- B81% (26)
- C3% (1)
- D3% (1)
Explanation
Memory exhaustion happens when a flaw in an application allows the application to keep consuming more memory leaving none available for other applications. Answer option C is incorrect. Checking user inputs is an effective defense against SQL injection attacks, but not memory exhaustion attacks. Answer option D is incorrect. Truncating buffers is an effective defense against a buffer overflow attack, .but not against memory exhaustion attacks. Answer option A is incorrect. An SPI firewall is effective in stopping a syn flood, but would not help against a memory exhaustion attack.
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