North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: If you have nothing to hide
"You know, there's quite a difference between source routing and IP spoofing .." As true as this statement is, the two walk hand in hand (especially during certain attacks). If I send an attack from a spoofed address to a victim, I can turn blue in the face waiting for a response that will never come. If I spoof an address and use loose source routing I can force the response to return right through my network. Also loose source routing can be used for Man-in-the-middle attacks by using a loose source route you can force all traffic to pass through the attackers network. Strict source routing does not benefit an attacker, but as I said loose source routing does.
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