Question

1) Explain the process of port mirroring

2) difference between network media and networking device vulnerabilities

Answer 1

1) port mirroring is a very important process which helps in monitoring as well as analyzing the incoming and outgoing packets on our network. It is applied on the switch. In this process , it copies all the incoming or outgoing packets on one port and send it to other port for their analyzing.With this process of ort mirroring, we can analyze packets for many purposes like their monitoring, compliance and also checking for intrusion detection on packets to protect from being hacked.

2) network media basically refers to the communication path or channel which are used to connect or join different nodes or devices on an network like coaxial cables ,optical fibres etc.there can be many vulnerability in it like broken cable, density not upto mark which reduces speed of transferring etc.

Networking device or hardware are those services which are used for creating successful communication and also interact with other devices present on same network. For example router , bridge, switch, hub etc.thee can be many vulnerabilities in them which can be very critical as they can result in loss of important data to hackers like switch not working properly allowing packets containing virus to enter into neteork, some malicious client getting connected to network because of hub not monitoring properly for legitimate clients.