Question

Describe possible security issues that may affect Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Answer 1

BACKGROUND
DHCP is a base on client-server communication.

the job of servers is to manage a collection of unique IP addresses, and information about client configuration parameters.the job of DHCP is to assign IP address to device dynamically.when a new client is connected to the network , this client sends a request to the server and gets an IP address from server dynamically.

Ans:
there may be two types of security issues
a)Fake DHCP Server or unauthorized DHCP server:
if a cyber attacker installs a fake server then this server can receive requests from client and responds with fake information and making clients useless.

b)Fake DHCP client or unauthorized DHCP client.
if a cyber attacker installs an unauthorized client, this unauthorized client shows that it is authorized client and tries to get the authentic and correct information from the DHCP server.now this unauthorized client can misuse this information for further security attacks.