A distributed denial-of-service attack that consumes the target's network capacity primarily exhausts its _____.

### Why this is right Bandwidth is the network capacity available to carry traffic. If attack traffic consumes that capacity, legitimate users may be unable to reach the service. ### The concept A distributed denial-of-service attack can overwhelm a target with traffic from multiple sources. It may be difficult to trace and is often handled through reactive response. Other denial-of-service conditions can exhaust an application or result from a disrupted link or system failure. ### Terms - **Bandwidth**: a network link's capacity to carry data. - **Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)**: an attack using distributed traffic to deny access to a target. ### Remember If legitimate traffic cannot fit through the link, think bandwidth exhaustion.