Which type of network attack floods a target with requests from many sources to exhaust resources?
A CISSP practice question covering Domain 4: Communication and Network Security. Try answering before reading the explanation below.
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Why "DDoS" is the right answer
DDoS distributes the attack across many sources, complicating mitigation. Plain DoS is single-source. Smurf was a specific spoofed-ICMP amplification attack. ICMP redirect is a route-poisoning technique, not a flood.
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