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IP Spoofing

IP Spoofing is a technique used to gain unauthorized access to computers, whereby the attacker sends messages to a computer with a forged IP address indicating that the message is coming from a trusted host.There are a few variations on the types of attacks of using IP spoofing.

Related Terms

Denial of Service, Man In the Middle Attack, Encryption, Authentication, Non-Blind Spoofing, Blind Spoofing