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Eccouncil 312-50 Exam - Topic 2 Question 28 Discussion

Nathan is testing some of his network devices. Nathan is using Macof to try and flood the ARP cache of these switches.If these switches' ARP cache is successfully flooded, what will be the result?
A) The switches will drop into hub mode if the ARP cache is successfully flooded.
B) If the ARP cache is flooded, the switches will drop into pix mode making it less susceptible to attacks.
C) Depending on the switch manufacturer, the device will either delete every entry in its ARP cache or reroute packets to the nearest switch.
D) The switches will route all traffic to the broadcast address created collisions.

Eccouncil 312-50 Exam - Topic 2 Question 28 Discussion

Actual exam question for Eccouncil's 312-50 exam
Question #: 28
Topic #: 2
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Nathan is testing some of his network devices. Nathan is using Macof to try and flood the ARP cache of these switches.

If these switches' ARP cache is successfully flooded, what will be the result?

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Janine
10 months ago
C is a bit misleading, not all switches behave the same.
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Tequila
10 months ago
D is more accurate, traffic gets routed to broadcast.
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Lasandra
10 months ago
Wait, are we sure about A? Sounds too simplistic.
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Hector
11 months ago
Totally agree with A, it makes sense.
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Nobuko
11 months ago
A is correct, switches can drop to hub mode.
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Aaron
11 months ago
I don't think they drop into "pix mode"—that sounds off. It seems more likely they would just start broadcasting traffic everywhere.
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Susy
11 months ago
I practiced a similar question, and I feel like the switches might delete their ARP entries, but I can't recall the exact details.
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Annice
11 months ago
I think if the ARP cache is flooded, it might lead to all traffic being sent to the broadcast address, which could create collisions.
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Iluminada
11 months ago
I remember something about ARP flooding causing switches to act like hubs, but I'm not sure if that's the right term.
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Lauran
11 months ago
This seems straightforward - I'll need to know the volume name and the CPG to create a new virtual volume.
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Tijuana
11 months ago
I believe we need to find out the present value of cash flows and then adjust it for the cost of capital. Did we cover anything about how to approach that?
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Eura
11 months ago
I'm not entirely sure about this one. I'll need to review the best practices for cross-vCenter migrations and see if any of these options stand out as the recommended approach.
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Gracie
11 months ago
This question seems straightforward, but I want to make sure I understand the concepts of direct and indirect costs before selecting an answer.
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Elmira
11 months ago
I'm pretty sure this is a Land attack, where the attacker spoofs the source and destination IP and port to target open ports on the remote host.
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