topic VLANs on a PIX in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/vlans-on-a-pix/m-p/322157#M549564 <P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>Simple question:</P><P></P><P>If I can create VLANs on a PIX, why would I ever purchase a physical interface expansion card (1-FE or a 4-FE)?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>Dave</P><P></P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 08:04:01 GMT dwalsh 2020-02-21T08:04:01Z VLANs on a PIX https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/vlans-on-a-pix/m-p/322157#M549564 <P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>Simple question:</P><P></P><P>If I can create VLANs on a PIX, why would I ever purchase a physical interface expansion card (1-FE or a 4-FE)?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>Dave</P><P></P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 08:04:01 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/vlans-on-a-pix/m-p/322157#M549564 dwalsh 2020-02-21T08:04:01Z Re: VLANs on a PIX https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/vlans-on-a-pix/m-p/322158#M549565 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Because physical interfaces are generaly more secure the logical interfaces. </P><P></P><P>Mitigate VLAN MAC Table attacks: Limiting one MAC address per switch port is an attack mitigation strategy. Stops CAM tables flooding attacks forcing the switch into repeater mode. Tools like macof can be used for this type of attack.</P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&amp;q=cam+table+flooding+cisco&amp;btnG=Google+Search&amp;meta=lr%3Dlang_en%7Clang_fr%7Clang_de" target="_blank">http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&amp;q=cam+table+flooding+cisco&amp;btnG=Google+Search&amp;meta=lr%3Dlang_en%7Clang_fr%7Clang_de</A></P><P></P><P>sincerely</P><P>Patrick </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:01:27 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/vlans-on-a-pix/m-p/322158#M549565 Patrick Iseli 2005-04-08T18:01:27Z