DDoS Mitigation Strategies Quiz

What you'll be asked

1. What is the primary purpose of a Content Delivery Network (CDN) in the context of DDoS mitigation?
2. When configuring rate limiting to protect an API from a DDoS attack, which approach is considered most effective for legitimate user experience?
3. Which type of DDoS attack specifically targets the 'state' of the connection, aiming to exhaust server resources by keeping connections open as long as possible?
4. Why is Anycast routing a common component of modern DDoS mitigation architectures?
5. In a scenario involving an application-layer (Layer 7) HTTP flood attack, why might a standard network-layer firewall fail to mitigate the threat?

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