Which attack involves sending an ICMP packet to the broadcast address so that it is then sent to the spoofed source address,causing the network to perform a DoS attack on one of more of its member servers?
A)Stack tweaking
B)RST cookies
C)Smurf IP attack
D)None of the above

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The Smurf IP attack involves sending an ICMP packet to the broadcast address with a spoofed source address, causing a flood of responses to that address and leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.

Which Attack Involves Sending an ICMP Packet to the Broadcast