Question

An attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users is called ______

(a) Denial-of-service attack

(b) Virus attack

(c) Worms attack

(d) Botnet process

This question was addressed to me during an online exam.

Asked question is from IPSecurity topic in division Application Layer of Computer Network

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) Denial-of-service attack

To explain I would say: In a Denial of Service attack, the attacker won’t let the victims access the network by using a certain method that ensures that an essential network resource is unavailable to the victim. The methods that the attacker can use are vulnerability attack, bandwidth flooding and connection flooding.