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In the following form of DOS attack, a resource is bombarded with more data or TCP/IP packets that it can process

  1. Flooding

  2. Saturating

  3. Inundation

  4. Data-surge
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Explanation

In a flooding DoS attack, the attacker bombards a target resource with an overwhelming volume of data or TCP/IP packets that exceeds its processing capacity. This saturates the target's bandwidth, connection tables, or processing resources, making it unable to respond to legitimate traffic. Common flooding attacks include SYN floods, ICMP floods, and UDP floods. The terms saturating, inundation, and data-surge are not standard terminology for this attack type in cybersecurity.

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