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Question

This type of message names a “flood” that forces the server to maintain half-open connections. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this type of message that the client sends in the first step of the TCP protocol’s three-way handshake.

ANSWER: SYN (“sin”) [or synchronize]

[10e] SYN flooding is a type of this cyberattack in which requests from legitimate users cannot access a server due to it being inundated with irrelevant requests. The “distributed” type of this cyberattack involves traffic from different sources attacking a single target.

ANSWER: denial-of-service attack [or DoS attack; accept distributed denial-of-service attack or DDoS attack]

[10m] This protocol, an alternative to the TCP protocol on IP networks, does not involve a handshake or set up a connection prior to communication. This protocol is typically used in applications where packet loss is not fatal, such as streaming media.

ANSWER: UDP [or user datagram protocol]

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Northern California	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Southern California	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	14.17	100%	33%	8%
Florida	Main	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	11.43	100%	14%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	8.75	88%	0%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	11	15.45	91%	46%	18%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
North	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	12.50	92%	33%	0%
Northwest	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	8	11.25	75%	25%	13%
Southeast	Main	Y	8	11.25	88%	25%	0%
UK	Main	Y	13	13.08	92%	31%	8%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%

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USF	FSU	0	10	0	10
Melbourne A	Melbourne B	10	10	10	30
FIU	UCF B	0	10	0	10
UF B	UF A	0	10	10	20
ERAU A	UF D	0	10	0	10
UCF A	UF E	0	10	0	10