Chapter 9
1: | Why and how should you separate public (external) and private (internal) VLANs? |
A1: | Answer: You should separate public (external) and private (internal) VLANs because separating your internal and external networks provides a measure of security in the network by not exposing internal resources to the outside world. You should do so by using two switches and a firewall in the network: one switch on the public, or outer, side of the firewall and one switch on the private, or inner, side of the firewall. |
2: | What is port security? |
A2: | Answer: Port security is used to deny access to a switch or a network connected to that switch's port. When port security is enabled on a switch, any MAC address not specified for that port is denied access ... |
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