Router/Switches and viruses

From: Seek Knowledge (aseeker03_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/03/05

  • Next message: Dan S Baxter: "Snort & email" 
    Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 22:41:21 +0100 (BST)
To: focus-ids@securityfocus.com

    Does anyone have any first-hand experience with a
    single infected desktop machine (or windows server for
    that matter) taking out a LAN switch? Would anyone
    have any stories from the trenches of an infected
    machine causing a directly connected router to stop
    functioning?

    If so, what could be done to prevent such an outage?
    What IDS/IPS strategy might one implement to prevent
    and or at least detect such an event?

    Thanks in advance.
    ASeeker

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