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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Spoof
Hi.
What does 'spoof' mean in:
a process cannot spoof the identity of another process
?Thanks in advance
Soheil1
What does 'spoof' mean in:
a process cannot spoof the identity of another process
?Thanks in advance
Soheil1
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Let's say you have two processes: process A and process B. If process A spoofs the identity of process B, then it appears as process B to end users. Obviously,,the end user is tricked into believing that he's using process B, whereas in fact, he's interacting with process A.
- Let's say you have two processes: process A and process B.
- If process A spoofs the identity of process B, then it appears as process B to end users.
- Obviously,,the end user is tricked into believing that he's using process B, whereas in fact, he's interacting with process A.
- The term spoof is related to software cracking or hacking and is a kind of software attack.
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Let's say you have two processes: process A and process B. If process A spoofs the identity of process B, then it appears as process B to end users. Obviously,,the end user is tricked into believing that he's using process B, whereas in fact, he's interacting with process A. The term spoof is related to software cracking or hacking and is a kind of software attack.
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