352-001 · Question #375
Which three options are important functions of IPv6 first-hop security? (Choose three.)
The correct answer is B. limits IPv6 route advertisement in the network C. suppresses excessive multicast neighbor discovery E. prevents rogue DHCP servers from assigning IPv6 addresses. IPv6 First-Hop Security (FHS) provides Layer 2 mechanisms including RA Guard, ND Inspection, and DHCPv6 Guard to protect against common IPv6 network attacks.
Question
Which three options are important functions of IPv6 first-hop security? (Choose three.)
Options
- Aimplements a broadcast-control mechanism
- Blimits IPv6 route advertisement in the network
- Csuppresses excessive multicast neighbor discovery
- Dprevents IPv6 packet fragmentation
- Eprevents rogue DHCP servers from assigning IPv6 addresses
How the community answered
(38 responses)- A3% (1)
- B92% (35)
- D5% (2)
Why each option
IPv6 First-Hop Security (FHS) provides Layer 2 mechanisms including RA Guard, ND Inspection, and DHCPv6 Guard to protect against common IPv6 network attacks.
IPv6 replaced broadcasts entirely with multicast and anycast, so there is no broadcast mechanism to control and FHS provides no such function.
RA Guard is an FHS feature that filters Router Advertisement messages on untrusted ports, preventing unauthorized routers from advertising IPv6 prefixes and default routes into the network.
IPv6 ND Inspection monitors Neighbor Discovery traffic and suppresses excessive or anomalous multicast ND messages, protecting against ND cache exhaustion and spoofing attacks.
IPv6 mandates that only source hosts perform fragmentation, not intermediate routers, and FHS does not include any feature to prevent packet fragmentation.
DHCPv6 Guard is an FHS feature that blocks DHCPv6 server reply messages on untrusted ports, preventing rogue DHCPv6 servers from assigning IPv6 addresses or configuration parameters to clients.
Concept tested: IPv6 First-Hop Security feature identification
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipv6_fhsec/configuration/xe-16/ip6f-xe-16-book.html
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