In which form of attack is alternate encoding, such as hexadecimal representation, most often observed?
A) smurf
B) distributed denial of service
C) cross-site scripting
D) rootkit exploit

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Alternate encoding, such as hexadecimal representation, is often used in cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks to obfuscate the payload and bypass input validation filters.

In Which Form of Attack Is Alternate Encoding, Such as Hexadecimal