What characteristic of the activity makes Ulf think this is a denial-of-service attack?

Ulf is a systems administrator. He sees that an attacker from a remote location is sending invalid packets, trying to monopolize Ulf’s connection so that a denial of service occurs. What characteristic of the activity makes Ulf think this is a denial-of-service attack?

Ulf is a systems administrator. He sees that an attacker from a remote location is sending invalid packets, trying to monopolize Ulf’s connection so that a denial of service occurs. What characteristic of the activity makes Ulf think this is a denial-of-service attack?

A.
Bandwidth consumption

B.
Hijacking of internal user resources

C.
Polling

D.
Use of an illicit server

Explanation:
Bandwidth consumption is a technique for denial of service, 1D0-470
and Ulf would see his connection slowing down very fast.
Incorrect Answers:
B: Hijacking would not be used in a DoS attack.
C: Polling of Ulf’s connection would not result in a DoS unless it was a lot of polling, generating a lot of traffic, an consuming bandwith.
D: The illicit server attack is not a technique that would be used for DoS attack.



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