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Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes
From: Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 14:16:25 +0000
When we do NIST-CSF audits, we run an SNMP NMS called Intermapper, which has a Layer-2 collection feature that identifies the number and MACs of devices on any given switch port. We export this list and cull out all the known managed switch links. Anything remaining that has more than one MAC per port is a potential violation that we can readily inspect. It’s not perfect, because an unmanaged switch might only have one device connected, in which case it wont be detected. You can also get false positives from hosts running virtualization, if the v-kernel generates synthetic MAC addresses. But it’s amazing how many times we find unmanaged switches squirreled away under desks or in ceilings. -mel
On Jun 7, 2018, at 4:54 AM, Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal () dataix net> wrote: As someone already stated the obvious answers, the slightly more difficult route to be getting a count of allowed devices and MAC addresses, then moving forward with something like ansible to poll the count of MAC’s on any given port ... of number higher than what’s allowed, suspend the port and send a notification to the appropriate parties. All in all though sounds like a really brash thing to do to your network team and will generally know and have a very good reason for doing so... but not all situations are created equally so good luck. -- The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.On Jun 7, 2018, at 03:57, segs <michaelolusegunrufai () gmail com> wrote: Hello All, Please I have a very interesting scenario that I am on the lookout for a solution for, We have instances where the network team of my company bypass controls and processes when adding new switches to the network. The right parameters that are required to be configured on the switches inorder for the NAC solution deployed to have full visibility into end points that connects to such switches are not usually configured. This poses a problem for the security team as they dont have visibility into such devices that connect to such switches on the NAC solution, the network guys usually connect the new switches to the trunk port and they have access to all VLANs. Is there a solution that can detect new or unmanaged switches on the network, and block such devices or if there is a solution that block users that connect to unmanaged switches on the network even if those users have domain PCs. Anticipating your speedy response. Thank You!
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- Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes segs (Jun 07)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Nick Hilliard (Jun 07)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Jimmy Hess (Jun 07)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Matthew Pounsett (Jun 07)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Jason Hellenthal (Jun 07)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Mel Beckman (Jun 07)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes David Hubbard (Jun 08)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Eric Kuhnke (Jun 08)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Mel Beckman (Jun 08)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Owen DeLong (Jun 08)
- RE: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Christopher J. Wolff (Jun 08)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Kasper Adel (Jun 08)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Ben Cannon (Jun 08)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Brad (Jun 10)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Mel Beckman (Jun 07)
- Re: Application or Software to detect or Block unmanaged swicthes Kasper Adel (Jun 08)