What happens when you scan a broadcast IP address of a network? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

When a scanner sends ICMP or probe packets to a broadcast address, all responding hosts generate traffic simultaneously - a pattern that network IDS systems recognize as consistent with a smurf amplification DoS attack signature, potentially alerting the victim's security team.

A broadcast IP address by definition targets all hosts on the subnet at once, so a single scan directed at the broadcast address effectively probes every host on that subnet simultaneously without requiring individual host enumeration.

Scanning a broadcast IP address does not inherently cause a scanning tool error - most network scanners can send packets to broadcast addresses without failing or reporting an error condition.

Scanning broadcast IP addresses is technically possible with common tools such as Nmap; there is no protocol-level restriction that prevents this operation from being performed.