Question

Consider the following threats to Web security, and describe how each is countered by a particular feature of SSL.

Answer 1

Answer:

There is no protection given by any particular feature of SSL.

Explanation:

A SYN flood (half-open attack) is a type of denial-of-service (DDoS) attack which aims to make a server unavailable to legitimate traffic by consuming all available server resources. The aim of the SYN flood is to exploit the handshake process of a TCP connection. This is because the SSL protocol starts only after a successful TCP handshake. The SYN flood attacks try to exhaust a system so that no successful TCP handshakes can be done. Therefore, SSL can no provide any protection against SYN flooding.