IP Spoofing: An Introduction
Source: SecurityFocus
IP spoofing is one of the most common forms of on-line camouflage. In IP spoofing, an attacker gains unauthorized access to a computer or a network by making it appear that a malicious message has come from a trusted machine by "spoofing" the IP address of that machine. This paper examines the concepts of IP spoofing: why it is possible, how it works, what it is used for and how to defend against it.
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| Date: | Mar 2003 |
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