CSSLP: Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional

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QuestionQ150

VerifiedSecure Software Testing

Samantha is an Ethical Hacker for we-are-secure Inc. She wants to assess the we-are-secure server’s security against DoS attacks. She sends a large number of ICMP ECHO packets to the target computer. Which of the following DoS attack techniques will she use to complete this task?

Explanation

A ping flood attack sends excessive ICMP Echo Request packets directly to a target, exhausting bandwidth or processing capacity as it attempts to process and respond to them. AWS identifies ICMP ping floods as DoS events involving multiple ICMP echo requests sent in a short period.

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