GIAC GSLC Exam Questions & Answers

A user in your department complains about a slow Internet connection. You monitor the external interface of your company's border router and notice an excessive number of half-open TCP connections. What type of attack is your company currently a victim of?

A. TCP SYN flood attack

B. TCP Hijacking attack

C. Ping flood

D. Brute force attack

Rick works as a Computer Forensic Investigator for BlueWells Inc. He has been informed that some confidential information is being leaked out by an employee of the company. Rick suspects that someone is sending the information through

email. He checks the emails sent by some employees to other networks. Rick finds out that Sam, an employee of the Sales department, is continuously sending text files that contain special symbols, graphics, and signs. Rick suspects that

Sam is using the Steganography technique to send data in a disguised form. Which of the following techniques is Sam using?

Each correct answer represents a part of the solution. Choose all that apply.

A. Linguistic steganography

B. Text Semagrams

C. Technical steganography

D. Perceptual masking

Which of the following attacks allows the bypassing of access control lists on servers or routers, and helps an attacker to hide? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.

A. DDoS attack

B. IP spoofing attack

C. MAC spoofing

D. DNS cache poisoning