PT0-003: CompTIA PenTest+Demo

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Attacks and Exploits

A penetration tester wants to attack a server by exhausting its resources and rendering it unavailable to legitimate users. Which of the following attacks would best accomplish this outcome?

  • A IP spoofing
  • B TCP hijacking
  • C Port redirection
  • D SYN flooding
Explanation

A SYN flood overwhelms a server with incomplete TCP connection requests, filling its pending-connection queue and exhausting resources. This can prevent legitimate users from establishing connections.

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