Re: Layer 4 switch vs. firewall

["Crist Clark" <crist.clark () globalstar com>]

hesselsp () ashaman dhs org wrote:
> I find this interesting.  I have not read anywhere about someone getting
> around VLAN'd switches.  I read on bugtrac that it might be possible to
> inject garbage packets into a different vlan, but I was not aware of
> anyone doing anything useful with it.
>
> Can you please elaborate?  Thank you,

For the bajillionth time, VLANs, swtiching, etc. are designed for 
performance and not security.

  http://www.sans.org/newlook/resources/IDFAQ/vlan.htm

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