Chapter 6. Echoes of the Past
Where, on the example of a curious Ethernet flaw, we learn that it is good to speak precisely
The previous chapter tackled the basics of Ethernet communications. This seemingly foolproof and amazingly trivial mechanism appears to be incapable of causing serious security issues, except for the possible abuse of the trust relationship caused by the regular broadcasting of data to all parties on the network. This is a well-known and well-understood property of Ethernet networks, for which good remedies include switches, bridges, and network segmentation, to name just a few.
Nonetheless, this issue manifests itself in ways wholly unforeseen, due largely to an unfortunate choice of words, or lack thereof, in the official ...
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