Which of the following is a type of denial-of-service attack that involves flooding the network with broadcast messages that contain a spoofed source address of an intended victim?
A) packet storm
B) broadcast flood
C) smurf attack
D) half-open SYN attack

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A smurf attack is a type of denial-of-service attack where a network is flooded with ICMP echo request packets, typically by using a botnet of compromised computers, and the packets have a spoofed source address of the victim's IP address. The hosts that receive the packets respond with echo replies, overwhelming the victim's network and causing denial-of-service. Packet storm and half-open SYN attacks also involve flooding a network, but do not specifically use broadcast messages with spoofed source addresses. A broadcast flood is a type of attack where the attacker sends a large number of broadcast packets to the network, causing congestion and potentially denying service to legitimate traffic.

Which of the Following Is a Type of Denial-Of-Service Attack