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ISC2 CSSLP Exam - Topic 9 Question 9 Discussion

Which of the following is an attack with IP fragments that cannot be reassembled?
B) Teardrop attack
A) Password guessing attack
C) Dictionary attack
D) Smurf attack

ISC2 CSSLP Exam - Topic 9 Question 9 Discussion

Actual exam question for ISC2's CSSLP exam
Question #: 9
Topic #: 9
[All CSSLP Questions]

Which of the following is an attack with IP fragments that cannot be reassembled?

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Suggested Answer: B

Teardrop is an attack with IP fragments that cannot be reassembled. In this attack, corrupt packets are sent to the victim's computer by using

IP's packet fragmentation algorithm. As a result of this attack, the victim's computer might hang.

Answer D is incorrect. Smurf is an ICMP attack that involves spoofing and flooding.

Answer C is incorrect. Dictionary attack is a type of password guessing attack. This type of attack uses a dictionary of common words to

find out the password of a user. It can also use common words in either upper or lower case to find a password. There are many programs

available on the Internet to automate and execute dictionary attacks.

Answer A is incorrect. A password guessing attack occurs when an unauthorized user tries to log on repeatedly to a computer or

network by guessing usernames and passwords. Many password guessing programs that attempt to break passwords are available on the

Internet. Following are the types of password guessing attacks:

Brute force attack

Dictionary attack


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Catalina
8 months ago
Just a fact: Teardrop exploits IP fragmentation issues.
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Marti
9 months ago
Smurf attack is different, right?
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Susana
9 months ago
Wait, are we sure about that?
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Bettina
9 months ago
Yeah, totally agree with that.
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Talia
9 months ago
Teardrop attack is the one!
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France
9 months ago
I feel like the dictionary and password guessing attacks are more about brute force rather than fragmentation. So, it must be one of the others.
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Viola
9 months ago
I practiced a question like this before, and I think it was definitely the teardrop attack. It causes issues with fragmentation.
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Daniel
9 months ago
I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about the Smurf attack being related to IP packets. Maybe that's it?
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Justine
9 months ago
I think the teardrop attack is the one that involves IP fragments that can't be reassembled. It sounds familiar from my studies.
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Raina
9 months ago
This question seems straightforward. I'll focus on the key design configurations that can limit horizontal scrolling on mobile.
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Graciela
9 months ago
I'm a bit confused on this one. The wording is a bit tricky, and I'm not sure I fully understand the difference between distributed and local transactions. I'll need to think this through carefully.
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Leota
10 months ago
I'm feeling a bit uncertain; I keep mixing up the port numbers, especially with the access-lists.
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