What Type of Attack Occurs When the Computer Originating the Attack

question 48

Multiple Choice

What type of attack occurs when the computer originating the attack causes several other computers to send attack packets?

• A) Distributed denial of service
• B) Dormant denial of service
• C) Duplicated denial of service
• D) Distributed destruction of service

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Definitions:

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