A Security Analyst Has Received the Following Alert Snippet from the HIDS

question 1132

Multiple Choice

A security analyst has received the following alert snippet from the HIDS appliance: Given the above logs, which of the following is the cause of the attack?

• A) The TCP ports on destination are all open
• B) FIN, URG, and PSH flags are set in the packet header
• C) TCP MSS is configured improperly
• D) There is improper Layer 2 segmentation

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