Re: [http-auth] sender IP address modification
Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com> Thu, 17 March 2016 14:19 UTC
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From: Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com>
To: Sarah Cai <sarah_cai2002@yahoo.com>
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In-Reply-To: <1703792165.840803.1458100652155.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> (Sarah Cai's message of "Wed, 16 Mar 2016 03:57:32 +0000 (UTC)")
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Subject: Re: [http-auth] sender IP address modification
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Sarah Cai <sarah_cai2002@yahoo.com> writes: > When an http request is sent from client to webserver, is there any way the > sending IP address can be modified to a fake IP address? Yes, there are numerous ways to spoof an IP address, even with TCP. Some attacks require guessing TCP sequence numbers. Other attacks just require routability. -derek -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 derek@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant
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