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114:) traffic to a broadcast address, with each ICMP Echo packet containing the spoof source address of the victim host. When the spoofed packet arrives at the destination network, all hosts on the network reply to the spoofed address. The initial Echo Request is multiplied by the number of hosts on the network. This generates a storm of replies to the victim host tying up network 231:(MANET), route request (RREQ) packets are usually broadcast to discover new routes. These RREQ packets may cause broadcast storms and compete over the channel with data packets. One approach to alleviate the broadcast storm problem is to inhibit some hosts from rebroadcasting to reduce the redundancy, and thus contention and collision. 217:
Broadcast storm control is a feature of many managed switches in which the switch intentionally ceases to forward all broadcast traffic if the bandwidth consumed by incoming broadcast frames exceeds a designated threshold. Although this does not resolve the root broadcast storm problem, it limits
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broadcast storm intensity and thus allows a network manager to communicate with network equipment to diagnose and resolve the root problem.
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can be configured to detect and prevent maliciously inducted broadcast storms (e.g. due to a magnification attack).
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Extreme accumulation of broadcast and multicast traffic on a computer network
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In some cases, a broadcast storm can be instigated for the purpose of a
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a disassociation packet spoofed with the source to that of the
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at Layer 2) in the same fashion switches decrease the size of
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The Broadcast Storm Problem in a Mobile Ad Hoc Network
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that induces such a storm is occasionally nicknamed a
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is sent into a looped topology, it can loop forever.
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Index

broadcast
multicast
computer network
packet
switching loop
network topology
multicasts
port
layer-2
time to live
frame
denial of service
packet amplification
smurf attack
fraggle attack
ICMP
ping
bandwidth
CPU
wireless networks
wireless access point
disassociation broadcast
Switching loops
link aggregation
shortest path bridging
spanning tree protocol
Metro Ethernet
Ethernet Ring Protection Switching
Ethernet Automatic Protection System
Layer 3

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