Dell S4048T, Configuration Manual

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Source Address Validation
Using the DHCP binding table, Dell Networking OS can perform three types of source address validation
(SAV).
Table 26. Three Types of Source Address Validation
Source Address Validation Description
IP Source Address Validation Prevents IP spoofing by forwarding only IP packets
that have been validated against the DHCP binding
table.
DHCP MAC Source Address Validation Verifies a DHCP packet’s source hardware address
matches the client hardware address field (CHADDR)
in the payload.
IP+MAC Source Address Validation Verifies that the IP source address and MAC source
address are a legitimate pair.
Enabling IP Source Address Validation
IP source address validation (SAV) prevents IP spoofing by forwarding only IP packets that have been validated
against the DHCP binding table.
A spoofed IP packet is one in which the IP source address is strategically chosen to disguise the attacker. For
example, using ARP spoofing, an attacker can assume a legitimate client’s identity and receive traffic
addressed to it. Then the attacker can spoof the client’s IP address to interact with other clients.
The DHCP binding table associates addresses the DHCP servers assign with the port or the port channel
interface on which the requesting client is attached and the VLAN the client belongs to. When you enable IP
source address validation on a port, the system verifies that the source IP address is one that is associated
with the incoming port and optionally that the client belongs to the permissible VLAN. If an attacker is
impostering as a legitimate client, the source address appears on the wrong ingress port and the system
drops the packet. If the IP address is fake, the address is not on the list of permissible addresses for the port
and the packet is dropped. Similarly, if the IP address does not belong to the permissible VLAN, the packet is
dropped.
To enable IP source address validation, use the following command.
NOTE: If you enable IP source guard using the
ip dhcp source-address-validation
command and
if there are more entries in the current DHCP snooping binding table than the available CAM space, SAV
may not be applied to all entries. To ensure that SAV is applied correctly to all entries, enable the
ip dhcp
source-address-validation
command before adding entries to the binding table.
• Enable IP source address validation.
INTERFACE mode
ip dhcp source-address-validation
• Enable IP source address validation with VLAN option.
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