Which function is performed by DHCP snooping?

The correct answer is D. rate-limits certain traffic. DHCP snooping is a security feature that acts like a firewall between untrusted hosts and trusted DHCP servers. The DHCP snooping feature performs the following activities: Validates DHCP messages received from untrusted sources and filters out invalid messages.

Submitted by daniela_cl· Mar 5, 2026Security Fundamentals

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Which function is performed by DHCP snooping?

Options

Apropagates VLAN information between switches
Blistens to multicast traffic for packet forwarding
Cprovides DDoS mitigation
Drate-limits certain traffic

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C
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D
95% (21)

Explanation

DHCP snooping is a security feature that acts like a firewall between untrusted hosts and trusted DHCP servers. The DHCP snooping feature performs the following activities: Validates DHCP messages received from untrusted sources and filters out invalid messages.

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#DHCP snooping#rate limiting#Layer 2 security#DHCP

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