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CAS-002 · Question #859

An organization uses IP address block 203.0.113.0/24 on its internal network. At the border router, the network administrator sets up rules to deny packets with a source address in this subnet from…

The correct answer is C. IP spoofing attacks. The administrator is applying ingress and egress filtering on the border router to prevent external hosts from forging the organization's internal IP addresses as packet sources.

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Question

An organization uses IP address block 203.0.113.0/24 on its internal network. At the border router, the network administrator sets up rules to deny packets with a source address in this subnet from entering the network, and to deny packets with a destination address in this subnet from leaving the network. Which of the following is the administrator attempting to prevent?

Options

  • ABGP route hijacking attacks
  • BBogon IP network traffic
  • CIP spoofing attacks
  • DMan-in-the-middle attacks
  • EAmplified DDoS attacks

How the community answered

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  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    15% (5)
  • C
    70% (23)
  • D
    3% (1)
  • E
    9% (3)

Why each option

The administrator is applying ingress and egress filtering on the border router to prevent external hosts from forging the organization's internal IP addresses as packet sources.

ABGP route hijacking attacks

BGP route hijacking manipulates routing table advertisements to redirect traffic paths, not packet-level source or destination address filtering at a border router.

BBogon IP network traffic

Bogon filtering targets globally unallocated or reserved IP ranges, not an organization's own legitimate internal subnet.

CIP spoofing attacksCorrect

IP spoofing involves crafting packets with a forged source IP address to impersonate a trusted host. By blocking inbound packets that claim to originate from the internal subnet and outbound packets destined for it, the administrator enforces BCP 38-style filtering that prevents external attackers from injecting spoofed-source traffic into the network and stops internal addresses from being misused in outbound flows.

DMan-in-the-middle attacks

Man-in-the-middle attacks involve intercepting communications between two parties, a threat not mitigated by filtering based on a specific internal subnet's source or destination address.

EAmplified DDoS attacks

Amplified DDoS attacks exploit UDP reflection to magnify traffic volume toward a victim, which is unrelated to ingress or egress filtering of an internal address block.

Concept tested: BCP 38 ingress/egress filtering to prevent IP spoofing

Source: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2827

Topics

#IP spoofing#ingress filtering#border router ACL#RFC 5735

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