Identify and manage Fibre Channel SAN security risks

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This sample chapter, taken from Securing Storage: A Practical Guide to SAN and NAS Security, discusses Fibre Channel SAN security risks.

The critical issues associated with SANs, combined with the lack of communication concerning defenses, has created a security gap in storage.

This sample chapter from Securing Storage: A Practical Guide to SAN and NAS Security discusses Fibre Channel SAN security risks. The chapter covers the following topics:
  • SAN risks
  • Risks of Fibre Channel
  • Fibre Channel frame weaknesses (session hijacking)
  • Fibre Channel address weaknesses (Man-in-the-Middle attacks)


Title: Securing Storage: A Practical Guide to SAN and NAS Security
ISBN: 0321349954
Published: November 2005
Author: Himanshu Dwivedi
Chapter: Chapter 2: SANs: Fibre Channel Security
Published by Addison-Wesley Professional

Format:PDF Size:904.00
Version:1.0 Date:May 2006
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