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Questions tagged [starvation]

A starvation attacks are a sub-category of denial-of-service attacks caused by depriving the server of a key resource. Common examples are SYN flood (depriving CPU) and DHCP Starvation (depriving MAC addresses).

A starvation attacks are a sub-category of denial-of-service attacks caused by depriving the server of a key resource. Common examples are SYN flood (depriving CPU) and DHCP Starvation (depriving MAC addresses).

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DHCP Starvation Attack doesn't work in my virtual lab

I've installed DHCP server in VirtualBox host-only network type. Other clients in VirtualBox can get their IP addresses successfully from my DHCP server. I've decided to attack this DHCP server and want to consume all ip adresses that it can serve.…
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What are the cons of dhcp snooping, dynamic arp inspection and ip guard?

I read about a couple of layer 2 protections against dhcp starving, mac and ip spoofing- ip guard, dhcp snooping and dynamic arp inspection. Are there any cons or vulnerabilies which enable bypassing them or are they safe to use? I have noticed…
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