CEH v9 Question of the Week: TCP/IP Session Hijacking

TCP/IP session hijacking is carried out in which OSI layer?

A. Data Link Layer
B. Transport Layer
C. Network Layer
D. Physical Layer

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is B.

Transport layer provides accepts a message from the (session) layer above it, splits the message into smaller units (if not already small enough), and passes the smaller units down to the network layer. Transport layer is where the sessions actually take place.

 

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