Which of the following identifies the first phase of a Distributed Denial of Service attack?
A.
Establishing communications between the handler and agent.
B.
Disrupting the normal traffic to the host.
C.
Disabling the router so it cannot filter traffic.
D.
Compromising as many machines as possible.
Explanation:
Another form of attack is called the distributed denial of service (DDOS). A
distributed denial of service occurs when the attacker compromises several systems and uses
them as launching platforms against on or more victims. – Ed Tittle CISSP Study Guide (sybex) pg
51
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This is true only if the attacker has just joined the club. Already-in-business attacker already have control of huge number of zombie servers etc to launch their attack from so their first step for a new attack is just to select the victim.