CAS-002 Question #436: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is B: Resource exhaustion. Resource exhaustion is the term for the situation wherein a target system has exhausted all of its resources and can no longer respond to legitimate requests. All denial of service attacks are based on this concept. Answer option A is incorrect. While many DoS attacks to involve

Question

Denial of service attacks are quite common. Whether it is an ICMP flood, Syn Flood, or SMURF attack, they all are based on the concept of________.

Options

ACircumventing the firewall
BResource exhaustion
CExploiting OS vulnerabilities
DAvoiding the IDS

Explanation

Resource exhaustion is the term for the situation wherein a target system has exhausted all of its resources and can no longer respond to legitimate requests. All denial of service attacks are based on this concept. Answer option A is incorrect. While many DoS attacks to involve circumvention the firewall, this is not a necessary component of a DoS. Answer option D is incorrect. Avoiding IDS detection is actually very difficult for a DoS attack. Answer option C is incorrect, Many DoS attacks do depend on exploiting OS vulnerabilities, However, this is not the basic concept of a DoS.

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