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Denial of service defense guidelines – Allied Telesis AT-S62 User Manual

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AT-S62 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide

Section II: Advanced Operations

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Implementing this feature requires configuring the port mirroring feature as
follows:

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Activate port mirroring.

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Specify a destination port.

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Do not specify any source ports. The source ports are defined by the
Denial of Service defense mechanism.

For instructions, refer to “Creating a Port Mirror” on page 167.

Denial of Service

Defense

Guidelines

Observe these guidelines when using this feature:

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A switch port can support more than one DoS defense at a time.

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The Teardrop and the Ping of Death defenses are CPU intensive. Use
these defenses with caution.