Chapter 5Understanding Layer 2 Attacks

CISCO CCNA SECURITY EXAM OBJECTIVES COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

  • images 4.4 Common Layer 2 attacks
    • Describe STP attacks
    • Describe ARP spoofing
    • Describe MAC spoofing
    • Describe CAM table (MAC address table) overflows
    • Describe CDP/LLDP reconnaissance
    • Describe VLAN hopping
    • Describe DHCP spoofing

images To prevent a certain type of attack, you must understand the attack. Attacks can occur at a number of different layers of the TCP/IP model. When I discuss layer 2 attacks, I am talking about attacks that use layer 2 addresses ...

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