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GCIH · Question #244

Which of the following types of attacks is only intended to make a computer resource unavailable to its users?

The correct answer is A. Denial of Service attack. A Denial of Service attack is specifically designed to make a resource unavailable to legitimate users rather than to steal data or gain access.

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Question

Which of the following types of attacks is only intended to make a computer resource unavailable to its users?

Options

  • ADenial of Service attack
  • BReplay attack
  • CTeardrop attack
  • DLand attack

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • A
    89% (25)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    7% (2)

Why each option

A Denial of Service attack is specifically designed to make a resource unavailable to legitimate users rather than to steal data or gain access.

ADenial of Service attackCorrect

A Denial of Service attack works by overwhelming a target system, network, or service with traffic or malformed requests so that legitimate users cannot access it. The sole intent of a DoS attack is availability disruption, not data theft or unauthorized access, which makes it the defining example of an attack targeting availability in the CIA triad.

BReplay attack

A replay attack involves capturing and retransmitting valid data transmissions to gain unauthorized access, targeting authentication rather than availability.

CTeardrop attack

A teardrop attack is a specific type of DoS that sends fragmented packets to crash a system, making it a subset of DoS rather than the general category that answers the question.

DLand attack

A land attack is another specific DoS variant that sends a packet with identical source and destination IPs, again a subset and not the correct general answer.

Concept tested: Denial of Service attack definition and availability impact

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/understanding-denial-service-attacks

Topics

#denial of service#availability attack#DoS definition

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