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| Section 1: Identify the type of attack that may have caused this <br><br>network interruption                                                                |     |
| One potential explanation for the website's connection timeout error message is:<br><br>  <br><br>The logs show that: <br><br>  <br><br>This event could be: |     |

  

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|Section 2: Explain how the attack is causing the website to malfunction|
|When website visitors try to establish a connection with the web server, a three-way handshake occurs using the TCP protocol. Explain the three steps of the handshake:<br><br>1.<br><br>  <br><br>2. <br><br>  <br><br>3.<br><br>  <br><br>Explain what happens when a malicious actor sends a large number of SYN packets all at once:<br><br>  <br><br>Explain what the logs indicate and how that affects the server:|