SuperStack II 3300 protected against MAC Flooding?

[jabeoc]

does anyone knows, if MAC Flooding can be a problem with the 3COM SuperStack II 3300 (3C16980) switch ?

Thanks

Jan

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MAC Flooding is an ARP Cache Poisoning technique aimed at network switches. When certain switches are overloaded they often drop into a "hub" mode. In "hub" mode, the switch is too busy to enforce its port security features and just broadcasts all network traffic to every computer in your network. By flooding a switch's ARP table with a ton of spoofed ARP replies, a hacker can overload many vendor's switches and then packet sniff your network while the switch is in "hub" mode.
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[kracksmith]

switches can be overloaded and be dropped into hub mode?

any references to this claim?

 

[jabeoc]

just google for 'mac flooding'

you can also read the complete article from my first post here:

http://www.watchguard.com/infocenter/editorial/135324.asp