MAC Flooding

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MAC Address

A 48-bit hardware address used to uniquely identify a network interface.

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Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI)

The manufacturer-specific portion of a MAC address.

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MAC Address Table

A switch table that maps MAC addresses to physical switch ports.

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MAC Learning

The process by which a switch learns and records source MAC addresses in its MAC address table.

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MAC Flooding

A network attack that overwhelms a switch's MAC address table with fake MAC addresses.

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Frame Flooding

The forwarding of frames out multiple ports when a switch cannot determine the correct destination port.

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Port Security

A switch feature that limits the number of MAC addresses allowed on an interface.