Security; Advanced Security - HP ProCurve 1810G Management And Configuration Manual

Security

HP ProCurve 1810G switch software includes a robust set of built-in denial-of-service (DoS) and storm-
control protections, and allows configuring secure HTTP (HTTPS) management sessions.

Advanced Security

HP ProCurve 1810G switch software provides the following built-in security features:
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The DoS feature does not generate any notifications (such as error messages, syslog
messages, SNMP traps) if a DoS attack occurs.
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To display the Advanced Security page, click Security > Advanced Security in the navigation pane.
Figure 5-1. Advanced Security Page
Denial of Service (DoS) protections—A DoS attack is an attempt to saturate the switch with
external communication requests to prevent the switch from performing efficiently, or at all.
You can enable DoS protection that prevents common types of DoS attacks.
Storm Control—This feature protects against condition where incoming packets flood the
LAN, causing network performance degradation. The software includes Storm Control
protection for broadcast and multicast traffic (unicast frames are not affected). If the rate of
incoming traffic on an interface increases beyond the threshold (5% of the port speed), the
traffic is dropped.
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