Resource exhaustion includes all of the following except_____

The correct answer is C. Overflowing a buffer with too much data. Buffer overflow attacks is related to resource exhaustion but is not the same thing. The reason being that the buffer overflow is based on programmers not checking array bounds, rather than exhausting resources. Answer options A, B, and D are incorrect. All of these are…

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AOpening too many connections
BAllocating all system memory to a single application
COverflowing a buffer with too much data
DFlooding a network with excessive packets

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A
5% (3)
B
2% (1)
C
89% (50)
D
4% (2)

Explanation

Buffer overflow attacks is related to resource exhaustion but is not the same thing. The reason being that the buffer overflow is based on programmers not checking array bounds, rather than exhausting resources. Answer options A, B, and D are incorrect. All of these are examples of resource exhaustion.

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#resource exhaustion#buffer overflow#DoS attacks#memory management

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