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8. ICMP Redirects & Router Advertisement Security (RA Guard)

Defending Gateway Control Traffic

ICMP Redirects (Type 5) and IPv6 Router Advertisements (RAs) can be abused by local attackers to alter client default gateways. Implementing IPv6 RA Guard and disabling ICMP Redirects on edge interfaces hardens gateway integrity.

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