Which resource will be targeted by a TCP SYN flood attack?
A) connection tables on the target host
B) SYN cookies on the target host
C) send buffers on transit routers
D) shared memory on the routers closest to the target

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A TCP SYN flood attack targets the connection tables on the target host by sending a large number of SYN requests, causing the host to allocate resources for half-open connections, potentially exhausting its capacity to handle legitimate connections.

Which Resource Will Be Targeted by a TCP SYN Flood