Is a mirroered port is safe against the Cyber attacks

[Ajish_CL]

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

[OscarK]

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.

[Ajish_CL]

Thanks for the Information. It was really useful

[OscarK]

Yes.

[Ajish_CL]

You mean that in this case, no one can access the network through the mirrored port