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ITN 266 CHAP 4

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Similar to a direct attack, an indirect attack occurs when an attacker spoofs his/her IP address. True
________ are an additional layer of compromised hosts that are used to manage large groups of bots. Handlers
Once established, botnets can be leased to other criminals for DoS attacks. True
Eavesdropping usually is more of a concern for ________ LANs than for ________ LANs. wireless, wired
The authenticator is the ________. workgroup switch
In a reflected DoS attack, attackers send spoofed requests to legitimate servers. The servers then send all responses to the victim. True
ARP is used to resolve 32-bit IP addresses into 48-bit local MAC addresses. True
A ________ attack is when a victim is flooded with ICMP packets that appear to be normal supervisory traffic. Ping flood
An indirect attack occurs when an attacker tries to flood a victim with a stream of packets directly from the attacker's computer. False
Rerouting traffic using ARP poisoning is an attack on ________ of a network. Both functionality and confidentiality
________ is one method of thwarting DoS attacks by dropping all IP packets from an attacker. Black holing
________ is the process of obscuring an attackers source IP address. Spoofing
ICMP can be best described as the second part of a three-way TCP handshake sent in response to a SYN. False
In a MITM attack, access to the local network is not required in order to work. False
In a P2P attack, there is a change in the overall volume of traffic but the traffic pattern is the same. False
The main access threat to 802.11 wireless LANs is an attacker plugging into a wall jack. False
________ is a good option if an attack is aimed at a single server because it keeps transmission lines at least partially open for other communication. Rate limiting
________ is called Port-Based Access Control. 802.1X
A ________ attack is when a webserver is flooded with application layer web requests. HTTP flood
In normal ARP traffic, every host can make ARP requests. True
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