Types of Spoofing
There are four types of spoofing that will be covered in this chapter. Here is a brief explanation of each:
IP spoofing. An attacker uses an IP address of another computer to acquire information or gain access.
Email spoofing. Involves spoofing from the address of an email. In essence, the email looks like it came from Eric, but in reality, Eric did not send the email. Someone who was impersonating Eric sent it.
Web spoofing. The World Wide Web is being used for more and more e-commerce. To use the web for e-commerce, people have to be identified and authenticated so that they can be trusted. Whenever an entity has to be trusted, the opportunity for spoofing arises.
Non-technical spoofing. These types of attacks concentrate ...
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