A server with the IP address of 10.10.2.4 has been having intermittent connection issues. The logs show repeated connection attempts from the following IP: 10.10.3.23 These attempts are overloading th

The correct answer is C. DoS. A Denial of Service (DoS) attack originates from a single source - in this case, one IP address (10.10.3.23) is flooding the target server (10.10.2.4) with connection attempts, overwhelming it. A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack (choice B) requires multiple attacking s

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Question

A server with the IP address of 10.10.2.4 has been having intermittent connection issues. The logs show repeated connection attempts from the following IP:

10.10.3.23 These attempts are overloading the server to the point that it cannot respond to traffic. Which of the following attacks is occurring?

Options

AXmas
BDDoS
CDoS
DXSS

How the community answered

(18 responses)

B
6% (1)
C
89% (16)
D
6% (1)

Explanation

A Denial of Service (DoS) attack originates from a single source - in this case, one IP address (10.10.3.23) is flooding the target server (10.10.2.4) with connection attempts, overwhelming it. A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack (choice B) requires multiple attacking sources simultaneously, which is not the case here. An Xmas attack (choice A) is a specific port scan technique that sets unusual TCP flag combinations to probe a target - it is not a flooding/availability attack. XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) (choice D) is a web application injection attack targeting browsers, completely unrelated to network flooding. The single-source overload pattern clearly identifies this as DoS.

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