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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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This can be done a variety of ways, including: password guessing, data diddling, virus implementation, IP spoofing (address forging), sniffing (password monitoring) and scanning (e.
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Viruses, man in the middle attacks, denial of service, and IP spoofing are all issues that need to be resolved when creating a modern VoIP solution.
 
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