inventory audit

Inventory audit links also would be protected: VoIP, critical data, and even best-effort flows would continue to receive priority over any traffic marked down to Scavenger/CS1. This is a huge advantage because generally WAN links are the first to be overwhelmed by DoS and worm attacks. The bottom line is that Access-Layer policers significantly mitigate network traffic generated by DoS or worm attacks.

It is important to recognize the distinction between mitigating an attack and preventing it entirely: The strategy being presented does not guarantee that no denial of service or worm attacks ever will happen, but it can reduce the risk and impact that such attacks could have on the inventory audit network infrastructure.