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Lesson Objectives

1. Define a denial of service attack.
2. Describe the objectives of a denial of service attack.
3. Describe host based denial of service attacks.
4. Describe network based denial of service attacks.

Lesson Information

This lesson will discuss the different types of denial of service attacks that may be made by intruders. The lesson will discuss the reasons why intruders may make denial of service attacks. Both host and host based denial of service attacks are described.

Slideshow

Denial of Service Attacks

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References

TAMU CS TR98-021:   Survey of UNIX Penetration Tests Performed During a Graduate Computer Security Class at Texas A&M University

Questions

1. Denial of Service is never accidental?
2. CPU hogging is a network-based Denial of Service attack?
3. The Ping of Death attack sends very small ICMP echo packets?
4. The Mail Bomb attack targets the SMTP server?
5. A Land attack exploits TPC/IP handshaking?

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Answers

1. False
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. True

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