14.3 Switch Security

Question 1

Describe MAC Flooding

Answer 1

an attack that overloads the switch’s MAC forwarding table to make the switch function like a hub.

Question 2

Describe ARP Spoofing/ARP Poisoning

Answer 2

an attack that associates the attacker’s MAC address with the IP address of a victim device.

Question 3

Describe VLAN Hopping

Answer 3

an attack that occurs when an attacking host on a VLAN attempts to gain access to traffic on other VLANs that normally it wouldn’t have access to.

Question 4

Describe MAC Spoofing

Answer 4

MAC spoofing is an attack that changes the source MAC address on frames sent by the attacker. MAC spoofing is typically used to bypass 802.1x port-based security.