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352-001 · Question #48

When designing a network, which two security features should be added to the design to protect hosts from potential IPv6 neighbor discovery denial of service attacks at the access layer? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. SEND B. RA Guard. SEND and RA Guard are complementary access-layer controls that protect against IPv6 Neighbor Discovery DoS attacks by cryptographically validating NDP messages and blocking unauthorized Router Advertisements on switch ports respectively.

Designing Security

Question

When designing a network, which two security features should be added to the design to protect hosts from potential IPv6 neighbor discovery denial of service attacks at the access layer? (Choose two.)

Options

  • ASEND
  • BRA Guard
  • CIKEv2
  • DIPsec
  • EDMVPNv6

How the community answered

(17 responses)
  • A
    88% (15)
  • C
    6% (1)
  • E
    6% (1)

Why each option

SEND and RA Guard are complementary access-layer controls that protect against IPv6 Neighbor Discovery DoS attacks by cryptographically validating NDP messages and blocking unauthorized Router Advertisements on switch ports respectively.

ASENDCorrect

SEND (Secure Neighbor Discovery), defined in RFC 3971, uses Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGAs) and RSA digital signatures to authenticate NDP messages, preventing spoofed Neighbor Advertisements and rogue Router Advertisements that attackers use to redirect traffic or cause denial of service.

BRA GuardCorrect

RA Guard, defined in RFC 6105, is configured on access-layer switches to drop Router Advertisement messages arriving on ports not designated as router-facing, directly blocking rogue RA attacks that can corrupt host default gateway assignments and cause denial of service.

CIKEv2

IKEv2 is a key exchange protocol used to negotiate IPsec security associations for VPN tunnels and has no mechanism for filtering or authenticating NDP messages at the access layer.

DIPsec

IPsec secures IP-layer traffic between endpoints but does not inherently protect the NDP process itself from spoofed ICMPv6 ND messages injected at the local access layer.

EDMVPNv6

DMVPNv6 is a WAN overlay VPN technology for scalable hub-and-spoke connectivity and has no role in protecting Neighbor Discovery from DoS attacks on local access-layer segments.

Concept tested: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery DoS protection SEND RA Guard

Source: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3971

Topics

#IPv6 security#SEND#RA Guard#neighbor discovery DoS

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