Multiple choice

A denial of service attack is caused by

  1. one computer repeatedly sending packets of data to another

  2. many computers repeatedly sending packets of data to another
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Explanation

A standard Denial of Service (DoS) attack typically involves a single computer sending a massive volume of data packets to a target to overwhelm it. In contrast, when many computers are coordinated to attack a single target simultaneously, it is classified as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Therefore, the single-computer description is correct for DoS.

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