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Potential Security Threats
Security attacks generally fall into one of the following categories:
Intrusion: The attacker attempts to gain unauthorized access to
network resources, including traffic from other customers
Common Examples:
Rogue DHCP server
IP & MAC address spoofing
ARP spoofing (Man-in-the-Middle) Attack
Denial of Service (DoS): The attacker attempts to disrupt normal
network and service operations
Common Examples:
MAC attacks (CAM table overflow)
Broadcast storms
L2 PDU storm (STP, LACP, PAgP, etc..)
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