Interdependence

Some interdependence exists between these three planes. For example, if the control plane fails, and the router does not know how to forward traffic, this scenario impacts the data plane because user traffic cannot be forwarded. Another example is a failure in the management plane that might allow an attacker to configure devices and as a result could cause both a control plane and data plane failure.

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