In a TCP SYN spoofing attack, the attacker seeks to exhaust a server's connection request table, preventing it from responding to legitimate connection requests. Here are the details of this scenario:

i$.$ Server Configuration: The server has a table that can hold up to $512$ TCP connection requests.

ii$.$ Retry and Timeout Mechanism:

If the server does not receive an ACK in response to its SYN$-$ACK, it retries the SYN$-$ACK five times, with each retry occurring at $30-$second intervals.

After five retries without an ACK, the server purges the request, meaning each connection request remains in the table for:

$630$ seconds $=180$ seconds $or3$ minutes

iii. Attack Assumptions: No countermeasures are in place against this attack, and the attacker has initially filled the connection request table completely.

Problem Statement:

Attack Rate Requirement:

At what rate $($in requests per minute$)$ must the attacker continue sending TCP connection requests to keep the table full?

$0\mathrm{.}5$ Mark

Bandwidth Consumption:

Assuming each TCP SYN packet is $64$ bytes in size, what is the bandwidth consumed by the attacker in bits per second? $0\mathrm{.}5$ Mark