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HP FlexFabric Switch L2S Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The HP FlexFabric Switch must provide the capability for authorized users to remotely view, in real time, all content related to an established user session from a component separate from the HP FlexFabric Switch.

    Without the capability to remotely view/hear all content related to a user session, investigations into suspicious user activity would be hampered. Real-time monitoring allows authorized personnel ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The HP FlexFabric Switch must have unknown storm-constrain enabled.

    Access layer switches use the Content Addressable Memory (CAM) table to direct traffic to specific ports based on the VLAN number and the destination MAC address of the frame. When a router has an ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The HP FlexFabric Switch must enable Device Link Detection Protocol (DLDP) to protect against one-way connections.

    In topologies where fiber optic interconnections are used, physical misconnections can occur that allow a link to appear to be up when there is a mismatched set of transmit/receive pairs. When such...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The HP FlexFabric Switch must have all user-facing or untrusted ports configured as access switch ports.

    Double encapsulation can be initiated by an attacker who has access to a switch port belonging to the native VLAN of the trunk port. Knowing the victim's MAC address and with the victim attached to...
    Rule Medium Severity

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