Virtual LANs
Recall from Chapter 8 that a virtual LAN, or VLAN, is a group of computers, network printers, network servers, and other network devices behaving as if they were connected to a single, network segment.
Network attackers or malicious users often seek to gain access to the management console of a networking device, because if they are successful, they can easily alter the network configuration to their advantage.
In a VLAN switch, in addition to having a direct connection to an out-of-band management port (a port not used for user traffic), the network management station can use one or more VLANs for in-band management. The network management station can also use one or more VLANs to exchange protocol traffic with other networking ...
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