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spoofing - technical definition
- The process of deception by which an individual or system alters its identity or creates additional identities, thereby causing another person or system to act incorrectly.
- The process of deception by which an unauthorized person causes a transmission or message to appear to come from an authorized user in order to gain privileged access to computer or network resources. IP spoofing, an integral element of many types of network attacks, involves creating TCP/IP packets that use false addresses, perhaps stolen from others.
- The process of deception by which a system alters its identity or creates additional identities, to impersonate another device in a communications session or transaction. Spoofing may be desirable, as when a router spoofs a fax protocol to ensure delivery over a connection with high latency. See also fax spoofing.
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