Sophia, an incident handler at a cloud hosting provider, is investigating reports of intermittent web server slowdowns and timeouts. Upon analyzing router logs, she finds an unusually high number of incomplete connection attempts, causing the server’s memory and CPU resources to spike. Suspecting a form of resource exhaustion attack, she applies a protective configuration to the router that allows it to validate connection requests before they reach the server. Soon after this change, the number of partial connections decreases, and the server regains stable performance. What was the purpose of this action?
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