What is the difference between a SYN flood and an HTTP flood DDoS attack?

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What is the difference between a SYN flood and an HTTP flood DDoS attack?
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A SYN flood attack exploits the TCP handshake process, overwhelming the server with SYN requests without completing the handshake. An HTTP flood attack, on the other hand, floods the server with seemingly legitimate HTTP requests, exhausting its resources.