Which of the following identifies the first phase of a Distributed Denial of Service attack?

A.
Establishing communications between the handler and agent.

B.
Disrupting the normal traffic to the host.

C.
Disabling the router so it cannot filter traffic.

D.
Compromising as many machines as possible.

Explanation:
Another form of attack is called the distributed denial of service (DDOS). A distributed denial of
service occurs when the attacker compromises several systems and uses them as launching
platforms against on or more victims. – Ed Tittle CISSP Study Guide (sybex) pg 51