Re: IP Spoofing

From: trallat_private
Date: Sat Oct 02 1999 - 17:48:32 PDT

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>How is it the case then, is it possible to just use IP spoofing to penetrate
>a system?

IP spoofing without ISN prediction can be used to mount a SYN attack, with these
benefits from the attacker's standpoint:

* It hides the attacker's identity
* It can allow the packets through filters that limit where connections can be
initiated from

Tony Rall

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