Which of the following is an attack with IP fragments that cannot be reassembled?
A.
Password guessing attack
B.
Teardrop attack
C.
Dictionary attack
D.
Smurf attack
Explanation:
Teardrop is an attack with IP fragments that cannot be reassembled. In this attack,
corrupt packets are sent to the victim’s computer by using IP’s packet fragmentation algorithm. As
password guessing attack. This type of attack uses a dictionary of common words to find out the
password of a user. It can also use common words in either upper or lower case to find a
password. There are many programs available on the Internet to automate and execute dictionary
tries to log on repeatedly to a computer or network by guessing usernames and passwords. Many
password guessing programs that attempt to break passwords are available on the Internet.
Following are the types of password guessing attacks: Brute force attack Dictionary attack