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312-50V11 · Question #377

Which of the following is an example of IP spoofing?

The correct answer is B. Man-in-the-middle. Man-in-the-middle attacks use IP spoofing to impersonate a trusted host and intercept communications between two parties.

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Question

Which of the following is an example of IP spoofing?

Options

  • ASQL injections
  • BMan-in-the-middle
  • CCross-site scripting
  • DARP poisoning

How the community answered

(62 responses)
  • A
    3% (2)
  • B
    89% (55)
  • C
    6% (4)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

Man-in-the-middle attacks use IP spoofing to impersonate a trusted host and intercept communications between two parties.

ASQL injections

SQL injection is a code injection technique that manipulates unsanitized database queries through application input fields, with no involvement of IP address forgery.

BMan-in-the-middleCorrect

In a man-in-the-middle attack, the attacker forges the source IP address to impersonate a legitimate host, which is the defining characteristic of IP spoofing. By presenting a falsified IP identity, the attacker can intercept, read, and potentially alter traffic flowing between two victims who believe they are communicating directly with each other.

CCross-site scripting

Cross-site scripting injects malicious client-side scripts into web pages to execute in victims' browsers, which is a web application attack unrelated to IP address manipulation.

DARP poisoning

ARP poisoning forges MAC address-to-IP mappings at Layer 2 of the OSI model, not source IP addresses at Layer 3, so it is address spoofing but not IP spoofing specifically.

Concept tested: IP spoofing as a man-in-the-middle attack mechanism

Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/ip_spoofing

Topics

#IP spoofing#man-in-the-middle#network spoofing#packet manipulation

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