What type of attack is the ping of death?

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What type of attack is the ping of death?

  • denial of service
  • brute force
  • social engineering
  • virus

Explanation: The ping death is a denial of service attack and involves sending IP packets that are too large to a target device with the goal of disrupting the function of the device so that its services are denied to users.

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