Chapter 6. Implementing Switch Port Security

This chapter covers the following exam topics:

5.0 Security Fundamentals

5.7 Configure Layer 2 security features (DHCP snooping, dynamic ARP inspection, and port security)

In modern networks, security must be implemented in depth. The security architecture should use firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) at strategic locations, and hosts should use antivirus and antimalware tools. Routers, which already need to exist throughout the enterprise at the edge between local-area networks and wide-area networks, can be configured with IP access control lists to filter packets related to different IP address ranges in that enterprise.

LAN switches have a unique opportunity as a security enforcement ...

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