CAS-002 · Question #781
An attacker attempts to create a DoS event against the VoIP system of a company. The attacker uses a tool to flood the network with a large number of SIP INVITE traffic. Which of the following would…
The correct answer is D. Implement QoS parameters on the switches. QoS prioritizes traffic classes but does not inspect, filter, or rate-limit malicious SIP INVITE floods, making it the least effective control against this DoS attack.
Question
An attacker attempts to create a DoS event against the VoIP system of a company. The attacker uses a tool to flood the network with a large number of SIP INVITE traffic. Which of the following would be LEAST likely to thwart such an attack?
Options
- AInstall IDS/IPS systems on the network
- BForce all SIP communication to be encrypted
- CCreate separate VLANs for voice and data traffic
- DImplement QoS parameters on the switches
How the community answered
(35 responses)- A9% (3)
- B20% (7)
- C6% (2)
- D66% (23)
Why each option
QoS prioritizes traffic classes but does not inspect, filter, or rate-limit malicious SIP INVITE floods, making it the least effective control against this DoS attack.
IDS/IPS systems can detect anomalous SIP INVITE traffic patterns and actively block or alert on flood-based DoS attacks.
Requiring encrypted SIP raises the bar for attackers by making it significantly harder to craft and inject valid SIP INVITE messages at scale.
Separate VLANs for voice and data limit the blast radius of a flood attack by isolating voice infrastructure from general network traffic.
QoS parameters on switches manage bandwidth allocation and traffic prioritization between traffic classes, but they do not block or drop packets based on content or attack signatures. A flood of SIP INVITE packets would still consume resources and overwhelm the VoIP system because QoS simply assigns priority - it has no mechanism to detect or suppress the attack traffic itself.
Concept tested: VoIP DoS mitigation controls and QoS limitations
Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-58/final
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