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Security
HP ProCurve 1810G switch software includes a robust set of built-in denial-of-service (DoS) and storm-
control protections, and allows configuring secure HTTP (HTTPS) management sessions.
Advanced Security
HP ProCurve 1810G switch software provides the following built-in security features:
■ Denial of Service (DoS) protections—A DoS attack is an attempt to saturate the switch with 
external communication requests to prevent the switch from performing efficiently, or at all. 
You can enable DoS protection that prevents common types of DoS attacks.
CAUTION The DoS feature does not generate any notifications (such as error messages, syslog 
messages, SNMP traps) if a DoS attack occurs.
■ Storm Control—This feature protects against condition where incoming packets flood the 
LAN, causing network performance degradation. The software includes Storm Control 
protection for broadcast and multicast traffic (unicast frames are not affected). If the rate of 
incoming traffic on an interface increases beyond the threshold (5% of the port speed), the 
traffic is dropped.
To display the Advanced Security page, click Security > Advanced Security in the navigation pane.
Figure 5-1. Advanced Security Page