header bg

Scan QR code or get instant email to install app

Question:

Sandra is concerned about attacks against her network's Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). She wants to ensure that a new switch introduced by an attacker cannot change the topology by asserting a lower bridge ID than the current configuration.
What should she implement to prevent this?

A Enable Root Guard.
explanation

Root Guard can be set on a per-port basis to protect ports that will never be set up to be the root bridge for a VLAN. Since this shouldn’t change regularly, it is safe to set for most ports in a network. A spanning tree is used to prevent loops, so disabling STP would actually make this problem more likely. Bridge IDs cannot be negative, and BridgeProtect was made up for this question.

Related Information

Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*