Single-packet attacks indicate that an attacker controls botnet hosts to send a large number of attack packets, causing link congestion on the attacked network and system resource exhaustion.

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A single-packet attack involves sending a single, specially crafted packet to exploit a vulnerability, not using multiple packets to cause congestion or resource exhaustion.

Single-Packet Attacks Indicate That an Attacker Controls Botnet Hosts to Send