ISC Exam Questions

Which of the following cannot be detected by intrusion detection systems?

Which of the following cannot be detected by intrusion detection systems?

A.
Brute force attack from thin clients and dumb terminals

B.
An internal attack

C.
A DoS attack

D.
An attack coming in through an SSL connection

Explanation:
An intrusion detection system will not be able to detect an attack
that is encrypted. SSL is a protocol that encrypts a full communication channel,
thus if an attack was coming through this channel the IDS could not identify it. IDS
should be able to detect the other mentioned attacks.