Exam 350-701 topic 1 question 347 discussion

C. to exceed the threshold limit of the connection queue. The intent of a basic SYN flood attack is to exceed the threshold limit of the connection queue. This is achieved by flooding the target system with a large number of SYN packets, which are used to initiate a TCP connection. The target system will allocate resources to process each incoming SYN packet, and if the number of incoming SYN packets exceeds the threshold limit of the connection queue, the system will be unable to establish new connections. This can cause the system to become slow or unresponsive to legitimate traffic. The other options mentioned in the question are not related to the intent of a SYN flood attack.

C is correct. Buffer overflow is another kind of attack : https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/buffer-overflow