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Switch flooding is an attack that consists of two parts: one part is a denial of service attack, and the other piece (if used) is an attempt to retrieve confidential information from the switch.
In a flooding attack, the switch is flooded with multiple MAC addresses. Normally a MAC address is used to determine which port to switch the frame to, bypassing any clients that should not get the frame.
Since a switch has a limited amount of memory for storing MAC addresses the flooding attack overruns the table and causes a fail-over situation, where the frames are repeated out each port (like a hub) rather than switching to a specific port.
A malicious user with a packet sniffer could possibly be listening for confidential information to be repeated out one of the ports.
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When would a LAN switch use flooding to forward a frame?
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What happens if a MAC address is not stored in CAM on a switch?
Packets will be transmitted out of all switch ports except for the port where the packets were received. It's called flooding.
What are two ways to make a switch less vulnerable to attacks like MAC address flooding CDP attacks and Telnet attacks?
I might be wrong, but I think Enable CDP on the switch and Turn off unnecessary services.
What are the stages of a flood?
1.minor flooding 2.moderate flooding 3.major flooding _______ extra is a 'recording flooding'
What is the flooding in Tenerife?
Tenerife has not flooding.
Is flooding an adjective?
It can be (flooding rains, flooding basements). Both the present participle (flooding) and the past partciple (flooded) are adjectives for the verb 'to flood.'
What is a possible impact of setting too short an aging time in the MAC address table?
Setting too short an aging time can cause addresses to be prematurely removed from the table. Then, when the switch receives a packet for an unknown destination, it floods the packet to all ports in the same LAN (or VLAN) as the receiving port. This unnecessary flooding can impact performance.*unnecessary flooding of packets* :)
Can tornadoes do lots of flooding?
No. Tornadoes do not cause flooding.
Why do networking specialists say Switch where you can route where you must?
Yes, the main reason is switch is an inteligent device for routing IP Packet. It substitute conventional hub which is not smart because it broadcast IP packet to all its port. This impact to network performance because IP packet flooding network. While switch have internal routing table that can help switch to forwarding to a exact port where the destination host is connected to its switch port.
What is the difference between flooding and flash flooding?
flooding means drowning of areas by heavy rain in considerable time, but flash flooding means, heavy rain in short time.
What is the difference between fluvial flooding and coastal flooding?
Fluvial flooding is - Produced by the action of a river or stream. Coastal flooding is - An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.
How to start your truck after fuel flooding?
truck gas flooding
