# DHCP Security Considerations
One-sentence definition: Hardening address assignment to prevent rogue servers and starvation.
## Key Facts
- Threats: rogue DHCP, starvation, option abuse.
- Controls: DHCP snooping, trusted ports, IP Source Guard, rate limits.
- Static/reserved IPs for infra; log leases for forensics.
- Isolate services to management VLANs; protect relay (IP helper).
- **Verify:** check official (ISC)² CBK and current exam outline.
## Exam Relevance
- Pick DHCP snooping to block rogue servers.
**Mnemonic:** “**Snoop** to stop spoof.”
## Mini Scenario
Q: Clients receive bad gateway via rogue—fix?
A: Enable DHCP snooping and trust only uplinks.
## Revision Checklist
- Name two threats.
- Two switch features to enable.
- Logging need.
## Related
[[ARP and ARP Poisoning]] · [[Network Access Control (802.1X, NAC)]] · [[VLANs and Segmentation]] · [[Routing Basics (IGP vs EGP, Static vs Dynamic)]] · [[Secure Management and Out-of-Band (OOB)]] · [[Domain 4 - Index]]