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Submitted by weili_xi· Apr 18, 2026Security Profiles and Content Inspection
Question
Which best describes the mechanism of a TCP SYN flood?
Options
- AThe attackers keeps open many connections with slow data transmission so that other clients
- BThe attackers sends a packets designed to sync with the FortiGate
- CThe attacker sends a specially crafted malformed packet, intended to crash the target by
- DThe attacker starts many connections, but never acknowledges to fully form them.
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Topics
#TCP/IP#DoS Attacks#SYN Flood#Network Security