Auditing the Internet, E - Business

EVALUATING A BRIDGE

Bridge, a link layer device connecting network segments Evaluate appropriateness of bridge Susceptible to broadcast storms (information sent out to everybody) Slow performance and response time Poor congestion control (focuses only on MAC addresses) Cannot implement private 10Mbps or 100Mbps technologies to servers or clients Cannot improve aggregate forwarding rates Generally, limited to two bridges on one segment   Evaluate security Need for bridge security filtering on link addresses Protection of confidential portions of the network