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ALSO CALLED: Ethernet Switching, Layer 3 Switching, Layer Switching, Local Area Network Switching
DEFINITION: LAN Switching is a technology that alleviates congestion in Ethernet, Token Ring, and Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) LANs by reducing traffic and increasing bandwidth.
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Securing Layer 2
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WHITE PAPER: For many years network administrators have expected security breaches to come from outside an organization or at the upper layers of the OSI model. This paper will focus on securing layer 2 switching at the access layer through port security and preventing denial of service (DoS) attacks at layer 2.
Posted: 12 Feb 2010 | Published: 12 Feb 2010

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