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Spanning Tree 1: DOS attack sending conf BPDUs
DOS attack by sending fake BPDUs to disrupt switches' STP engines.

Spanning Tree 1: DOS attack sending conf BPDUs
DOS attack by sending fake BPDUs to disrupt switches' STP engines.
Spanning Tree 1: DOS attack sending conf BPDUs Description
Let's send some conf BPDUs claiming to be the root bridge with a root path cost of 0, causing a DoS attack by annoying nearby switches and forcing them to recalculate their STP engines. Source MAC is randomly generated, and destination MAC is 01:80:c2:00:00:00. Bridge ID and Root ID are set to 8000:source_mac. Hello time is 2, Forward delay is 15, and Max age is 20.
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Spanning Tree 1: DOS attack sending conf BPDUs is DOS attack by sending fake BPDUs to disrupt switches' STP engines.. It is a Security Operations solution designed to help security teams with DOS, Network Security.
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