What is the goal of a Denial of Service Attack?
A.
Capture files from a remote computer.
B.
Render a network or computer incapable of providing normal service.
C.
Exploit a weakness in the TCP stack.
D.
Execute service at PS 1009.
Explanation:
In computer security,a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is an attempt to make a
computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Typically the targets are high-profile web
servers,and the attack attempts to make the hosted web pages unavailable on the Internet. It is a
computer crime that violates the Internet proper use policy as indicated by the Internet
Architecture Board (IAB).
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