Question 250
An access network requires prevention of forged source-IP traffic from endpoints with stolen static addresses. Which failure mechanism best explains the observed behavior?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The symptoms fit this mechanism. A targeted response is to use IP source lockdown or an equivalent supported binding-enforcement control with correctly learned or approved bindings, followed by verification that packets with valid bindings pass and forged source IPs from user ports are blocked.
Incorrect Answers
That explanation fits a different case, such as when a service requires large Ethernet payloads, but a path across several CX switches drops only oversized frames. The symptoms here are better explained by mAC-to-IP-to-port ownership is not enforced by ordinary VLAN isolation.
That explanation fits a different case, such as when a file server connected by a LAG shows intermittent flows and one link is outside the port-channel. The symptoms here are better explained by mAC-to-IP-to-port ownership is not enforced by ordinary VLAN isolation.
That explanation fits a different case, such as when a campus needs to reduce ARP spoofing from open lab ports, yet engineers plan to permit all ARP replies. The symptoms here are better explained by mAC-to-IP-to-port ownership is not enforced by ordinary VLAN isolation.