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What is IP Spoofing?
Spoofing is a technique used by attacker to hide their identity.
IP Spoofing
It is a technique used by attackers to hide their true identity and location on the internet. This is achieved by modifying the source address of an IP packet to make it appear as if it is coming from a different source.
Here the Actual Source IP: 172.14.0.5 Spoofed IP: 172.15.1.6
Example, an attacker could send a spoofed IP packet to a server, tricking it into thinking that it is coming from a trusted source and granting the attacker access to sensitive information or resources.
This can be used to launch various types of attacks, such as distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which flood a target server with a large volume of traffic from a multitude of sources, making it difficult to identify and block the attacker.
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Types of Spoofing
There are several types of spoofing attacks that can be used by attackers to deceive users or systems:
IP Spoofing: As described earlier, IP spoofing involves changing the source address of an IP packet to make it appear as if it is coming from a different source.
Email Spoofing: Email spoofing is a technique used by attackers to forge the sender’s email address to make it appear as if the email is coming from a trusted source, such as a friend or a legitimate company.
DNS Spoofing: DNS spoofing, also known as DNS cache poisoning, involves redirecting users to a malicious website by altering the DNS records in a DNS cache. This can be used to steal user credentials or install malware on the user’s computer.
How to mitigate the risk of IP Spoofing
Various security measures are :
Firewalls that block traffic from known spoofed IP addresses, and by implementing security protocols like the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and the Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) that provide authentication and encryption to prevent unauthorized access and tampering of data.
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