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IP spoofing

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IP spoofing
Inserting the IP address of an authorized user into the transmission of an unauthorized user in order to gain illegal access to a computer system. Routers and other firewall implementations can be programmed to identify this discrepancy. See firewall.


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An investigator trained in email tracing can also do an examination of the email headers to see if there is evidence of a forgery or IP spoofing.
Also needed is technology that would "provide the capability to detect, trace, and counter IP spoofing," an area the report calls a "difficult, yet essential, research challenge.
SSH protects a network from attacks such as IP spoofing, IP source routing, and DNS spoofing and provides strong authentication and secure communication over insecure channels such as the Internet.
 
 
 
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