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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 processThe question was posed to me during an online interview.My doubt is from Security In The Internet in portion Networking of Computer Network

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The correct answer is (a) DENIAL-of-service ATTACK

To explain: 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.



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