A ______ triggers a bug in the system's network handling software causing it to crash and the system can no longer communicate over the network until this software is reloaded.
A) echo
B) reflection
C) poison packet
D) flash flood

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A poison packet is a malicious packet that is generated to cause a buffer overflow, denial of service attack or crash of the network handling software. It can be used to exploit software vulnerabilities in the network stack and cause the system to crash, making it unable to communicate over the network. Echo, reflection, and flash floods are types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks that flood the network with packets to overwhelm the system, but they do not specifically target network handling software to cause a crash.

A ______ Triggers a Bug in the System's Network Handling