Question

There are ______ types of DoS attack.

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 4

(d) 5

The question was posed to me during an interview.

The query is from Attack Vectors topic in chapter Understanding Attack Vectors of Cyber Security

Answer 1

The correct option is (a) 2

To elaborate: With the help of DoS attack attackers try to busy its users by flooding the URL of the victim with limitless requests. There are two types of DoS attack. These are Application Layer Attacks and Network Layer DoS attacks.