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Exam CISSP Topic 1 Question 855 Discussion

Actual exam question for ISC's CISSP exam
Question #: 855
Topic #: 1
Which layer of the Open systems Interconnection (OSI) model is being targeted in the event of a Synchronization (SYN) flood attack?

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A Synchronization (SYN) flood attack is a type of denial-of-service (DoS) attack that exploits the three-way handshake mechanism of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), which operates at the transport layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. In a SYN flood attack, the attacker sends a large number of SYN packets to the target server, but does not respond to the SYN-ACK packets sent by the server. This causes the server to exhaust its resources and become unable to accept legitimate requests. The session, network, and presentation layers of the OSI model are not directly involved in this attack. References:
CISSP Official (ISC)2 Practice Tests, 3rd Edition, Domain 4: Communication and Network Security, Question
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CISSP CBK, 5th Edition, Chapter 4: Communication and Network Security, Section: Secure Network Architecture and Design

by rami_mma at Aug 25, 2024, 10:16 PM

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rami_mma
2024-08-25 22:16:36
SYN is working in Transport layer in TCP/IP model, and Session layer in OSI model.
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