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We have met the enemy and he is us

04.22.2010 · Posted in BOFH, Hell in a Handbasket, Networking

Our normally reserved attackers apparently became frustrated or angry yesterday, and instead of the normal host-to-host hopping, password sniffing, and other relatively non-destructive activity, they MAC flooded my router. Filled the CAM tables on all Cisco devices (old Cat4ks that have been on death row for a few years now), wreaking havoc for some, while ...