Is a mirroered port is safe against the Cyber attacks
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‎01-02-2017 06:21 AM
I have mirrored a port (Summit series) in my system network for packet sniffing using a desktop which is connected to internet. My system network is physically and logically segregated from Internet apart from the mirrored port. Can a hacker access my System Network through mirrored port
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‎01-02-2017 06:40 AM
Hello, in Theory it could be possible as your windows PC still listens on that port to all packets. Every mirrored packet enters your desktop so if a hacker can craft a packet that your laptop will send to its CPU it could gain access. Best practise is to disable the IP stack (ipv4 and ipv6) on that port.
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‎01-02-2017 06:40 AM
Thanks for the Information. It was really useful
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‎01-02-2017 06:40 AM
Yes.
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‎01-02-2017 06:40 AM
You mean that in this case, no one can access the network through the mirrored port
