In which of the following attacks does an attacker create the IP packets with a forged (spoofed) source IP address with the purpose of concealing the identity of the sender or impersonating another…

The correct answer is B. IP address spoofing. IP address spoofing is the technique of crafting IP packets with a falsified source IP address to disguise the attacker's true identity or impersonate a trusted system. This is commonly used in DDoS amplification attacks, session hijacking, and bypassing IP-based access…

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In which of the following attacks does an attacker create the IP packets with a forged (spoofed) source IP address with the purpose of concealing the identity of the sender or impersonating another computing system?

Options

ARainbow attack
BIP address spoofing
CCross-site request forgery
DPolymorphic shell code attack

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B
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D
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Explanation

IP address spoofing is the technique of crafting IP packets with a falsified source IP address to disguise the attacker's true identity or impersonate a trusted system. This is commonly used in DDoS amplification attacks, session hijacking, and bypassing IP-based access controls. The other options are unrelated: a Rainbow attack uses precomputed hash tables to crack passwords, Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) tricks authenticated users into submitting malicious requests via a web browser, and a Polymorphic shellcode attack involves malicious code that changes its byte pattern to evade signature-based detection.

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#IP spoofing#source IP forgery#identity concealment#network attack

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