{"product_id":"9781587052569","title":"LAN Switch Security: What Hackers Know about Your Switches","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eLAN Switch Security: What Hackers Know About Your Switches\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA practical guide to hardening Layer 2 devices and stopping campus network attacks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Vyncke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Paggen, CCIE® No. 2659\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContrary to popular belief, Ethernet switches are not inherently secure. Security vulnerabilities in Ethernet switches are multiple: from the switch implementation, to control plane protocols (Spanning Tree Protocol [STP], Cisco® Discovery Protocol [CDP], and so on) and data plane protocols, such as Address Routing Protocol (ARP) or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). LAN Switch Security explains all the vulnerabilities in a network infrastructure related to Ethernet switches. Further, this book shows you how to configure a switch to prevent or to mitigate attacks based on those vulnerabilities. This book also includes a section on how to use an Ethernet switch to increase the security of a network and prevent future attacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into four parts, LAN Switch Security provides you with steps you can take to ensure the integrity of both voice and data traffic traveling over Layer 2 devices. Part I covers vulnerabilities in Layer 2 protocols and how to configure switches to prevent attacks against those vulnerabilities. Part II addresses denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on an Ethernet switch and shows how those attacks can be mitigated. Part III shows how a switch can actually augment the security of a network through the utilization of wirespeed access control list (ACL) processing and IEEE 802.1x for user authentication and authorization. Part IV examines future developments from the LinkSec working group at the IEEE. For all parts, most of the content is vendor independent and is useful for all network architects deploying Ethernet switches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter reading this book, you will have an in-depth understanding of LAN security and be prepared to plug the security holes that exist in a great number of campus networks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Vyncke has a master’s degree in computer science engineering from the University of Liège in Belgium. Since 1997, Eric has worked as a Distinguished Consulting Engineer for Cisco, where he is a technical consultant for security covering Europe. His area of expertise for 20 years has been mainly security from Layer 2 to applications. He is also guest professor at Belgian universities for security seminars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Paggen, CCIE® No. 2659, obtained a degree in computer science from IESSL in Liège (Belgium) and a master’s degree in economics from University of Mons-Hainaut (UMH) in Belgium. He has been with Cisco since 1996 where he has held various positions in the fields of LAN switching and security, either as pre-sales support, post-sales support, network design engineer, or technical advisor to various engineering teams. Christopher is a frequent speaker at events, such as Networkers, and has filed several U.S. patents in the security area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributing Authors:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason Frazier is a technical leader in the Technology Systems Engineering group for Cisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteinthor Bjarnason is a consulting engineer for Cisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKen Hook is a switch security solution manager for Cisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRajesh Bhandari is a technical leader and a network security solutions architect for Cisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Use port security to protect against CAM attacks \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prevent spanning-tree attacks  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Isolate VLANs with proper configuration techniques \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Protect against rogue DHCP servers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Block ARP snooping \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prevent IPv6 neighbor discovery and router solicitation exploitation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Identify Power over Ethernet vulnerabilities \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mitigate risks from HSRP and VRPP \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Stop information leaks with CDP, PaGP, VTP, CGMP and other Cisco ancillary protocols \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Understand and prevent DoS attacks against switches \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Enforce simple wirespeed security policies with ACLs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Implement user authentication on a port base with IEEE 802.1x \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Use new IEEE protocols to encrypt all Ethernet frames at wirespeed.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis security book is part of the Cisco Press® Networking Technology Series. 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