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Category |
Examples |
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MAC Table Attacks |
Includes MAC address flooding attacks. |
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VLAN Attacks |
Includes VLAN hopping and VLAN double-tagging attacks. It also includes attacks between devices on a common VLAN. |
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DHCP Attacks |
Includes DHCP starvation and DHCP spoofing attacks. |
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ARP Attacks |
Includes ARP spoofing and ARP poisoning attacks. |
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Address Spoofing Attacks |
Includes MAC address and IP address spoofing attacks. |
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STP Attacks |
Includes Spanning Tree Protocol manipulation attacks. |
Security is only as strong as the weakest link in the system, and Layer 2 is considered to be that weak link because LANs were traditionally under the administrative control of a single organization