A host is bombarded with packets intended to exploit stateful network protocols. Every time it gets a packet, it allocates memory for the expected connection. The connection is never fully established by the sender.
What form of attack is this?
A) SYN Flood
B) Smurf
C) Ping of Death
D) Stachledraught

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The attacker sends packets with the SYN flag set to an open port. The server responds with a SYN-ACK, but the attacker never sends the final ACK to complete the handshake. In the meanwhile the server has allocated memory for the connection and eventually runs out.

A Host Is Bombarded with Packets Intended to Exploit Stateful