9.3.4 - MAC Flooding Attack

Flashcards summarizing the key concepts and definitions related to MAC Flooding Attacks in networking.

MAC Flooding Attack

A network attack aimed at exhausting the memory of a switch's MAC address table to disrupt normal traffic forwarding.

MAC Address Table

A database maintained by a switch that maps MAC addresses to specific ports.

Unicast Traffic

Network communication that sends data packets from one sender to one specific recipient.

ARP Poisoning

A technique used to manipulate the ARP cache of hosts to redirect traffic.

Switch

A network device that forwards data packets between devices on the same network based on their MAC addresses.

Hub

A basic network device that broadcasts data packets to all connected devices, lacking intelligence for address mapping.

Traffic Sniffing

The process of intercepting and logging traffic that passes over a network.