Which attack is also known as a spoofed attack, using intermediary machines to reflect DDoS traffic toward a target?

Which attack is also known as a spoofed attack, using intermediary machines to reflect DDoS traffic toward a target?

• A. Distributed Reflection DoS (DRDoS) Attack
• B. Peer-to-peer Attack
• C. Single-Request HTTP Flood Attack
• D. Random Recursive GET Flood Attack

Answer: (A)

Distributed Reflection Denial of Service attacks use spoofed traffic reflected off intermediary machines toward the target. The attacker forges the victim’s IP address and sends small requests to many reflectors (misconfigured services that will answer requests from anywhere). Those reflectors then reply to the spoofed address with much larger responses, creating a flood that overwhelms the target. The multiplication of traffic comes from multiple reflectors, which is why this method is called reflective and distributed. Unlike other flood types, this relies on amplification via intermediaries and IP spoofing, not simply flooding from the attacker’s own hosts.

Distributed Reflection Denial of Service attacks use spoofed traffic reflected off intermediary machines toward the target. The attacker forges the victim’s IP address and sends small requests to many reflectors (misconfigured services that will answer requests from anywhere). Those reflectors then reply to the spoofed address with much larger responses, creating a flood that overwhelms the target. The multiplication of traffic comes from multiple reflectors, which is why this method is called reflective and distributed. Unlike other flood types, this relies on amplification via intermediaries and IP spoofing, not simply flooding from the attacker’s own hosts.