COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
E COMMERCE AND E BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
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What is the purpose of a Denial of Service attack?
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Exploit a weakness in the TCP/IP stack
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To execute a Trojan on a system
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To overload a system so it is no longer operational
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To shutdown services by turning them off
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack is an attack meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users. DoS attacks accomplish this by flooding the target with traffic, or sending it information that triggers a crash.
Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: A Denial of Service attack targets its victim by flooding the URL of the victim with unlimited requests. The intent of this attack is to overkill the targeted server’s bandwidth and other resources of the target website.
Detailed explanation-3: -Protect the integrity of business amidst unpredictable threats or change. Bridge the boundaries between technologies, locations, organizations, people, and things.
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