Question

Eve intercepts all the communications of Alice when she talks to Bob What type of attack is it?

a) IP Spoofing DOS attacks

b) Man in the middle attack

c) timing attack

d) IP sniffing attack

Answer 1

Answer : Option b (Man in the Middle attack)

Explanation :

Here Eve is intercepting the communication means he is entering into the communication between the alice and bob.The Man in the middle attack means the attacker secretly relays and possibly alters the communications between two parties.Means Bob and Alice think that they are talking to each other but Here Eve is controlling all the communication between Bob and Alice by relays once's message and altering them.Which means the attacker must be able to intercept all relevant messages passing betweeen the two victims.So It finally concludes that Man-in-the-middle attack is responsible for the interception of the communication between bob and Alice by Eve.

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