GAQM CPEH-001 Exam - Topic 3 Question 1 Discussion

Actual exam question for GAQM's CPEH-001 exam

Question #: 1
Topic #: 3

TCP SYN Flood attack uses the three-way handshake mechanism.

1. An attacker at system A sends a SYN packet to victim at system B

2. System B sends a SYN/ACK packet to victim A

3. As a normal three-way handshake mechanism system A should send an ACK packet to system B, however, system A does not send an ACK packet to system B. In this case client B is waiting for an ACK packet from client A

This status of client B is called _________________

A'half-closed'

B'half open'

C'full-open'

D'xmas-open'

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Suggested Answer: B

by Refugia at May 04, 2022, 08:37 PM

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Esteban

4 months ago

'Full-open' doesn't fit the description at all.

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Dannette

4 months ago

Wait, is 'xmas-open' even a real term?

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Queenie

4 months ago

'Half open' is correct, no doubt!

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Emilio

4 months ago

I thought it was 'half-closed'...

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Rodney

5 months ago

It's definitely 'half open'!

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Vicky

5 months ago

I thought 'full-open' was the right answer at first, but now I'm leaning towards 'half open' after reviewing the three-way handshake.

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Ashlyn

5 months ago

I'm a bit unsure, but I remember something about 'half-closed' being related to connections that are still waiting for something.

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Brice

5 months ago

I think the status is called 'half open' because the connection isn't fully established without the ACK.

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Sue

5 months ago

I practiced a similar question, and I believe the correct term is 'half open' since the server is waiting for the final ACK.

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Teri

5 months ago

This seems pretty straightforward. I think the key is to identify the two settings that need to be configured to track defective items returned to the vendor.

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Kristin

5 months ago

I'm pretty confident that the logical data model is used to abstract the conceptual data model and incorporate the rules of normalization. That's the key purpose of the logical model, to manage data integrity and relationships.

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Janine

5 months ago

I practiced a similar question that had a lot of overlap with this one. I feel confident about I and II being true though.

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