CAS-002 · Question #436
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________.
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…
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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
How the community answered
(55 responses)- A5% (3)
- B91% (50)
- C2% (1)
- D2% (1)
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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