Multiple choice

What is a denial of service attack?

  1. A client refusing to provide service

  2. Too many requests causing a server to refuse connections

  3. A server contacting too many clients and shutting them down

  4. A vulnerability exploited to gain access to a system
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B Correct answer
Explanation

A Denial of Service (DoS) attack aims to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by flooding it with excessive requests, overwhelming the server.

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