Multiple choice technology security

Attack where victim receives so many ping replies in result of spoofed ping request

  1. Ping of death

  2. Teardrop

  3. Ping broadcast

  4. Smurf attack
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D Correct answer
Explanation

A Smurf attack sends spoofed ping requests (ICMP echo requests) to a broadcast address, causing all hosts on the network to reply to the victim, flooding them with ping replies. Ping of death uses oversized packets, Teardrop uses malformed fragment offsets, and Ping broadcast is the mechanism Smurf exploits but not the attack name itself.

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