ISC Exam Questions

Which of the following is unlike the other three?

Which of the following is unlike the other three?

A.
El Gamal

B.
Teardrop

C.
Buffer Overflow

D.
Smurf

Explanation:
Options B, C and D are all Denial of Service attacks. El Gamal is the Diffie-Hellman key exchange
algorithm and is usually described as an active exchange of keys by two parties. The buffer overflow

attack objective is consume the available memory for the TCP/IP protocol stack to make the machine
crash. Teardrop and Smurf are DoS attacks that make use of spoofing.