Shaila

• Feb 22nd, 2006

 

Ip spoofing is a technique used to gain unauthorized access to computers, whereby the intruder sends messages to a computer with an IP address indicating that the message is coming from a trusted host. To engage in IP spoofing, a hacker must first use a variety of techniques to find an IP address of a trusted host and then modify the packet headers so that it appears that the packets are coming from that host.

sreenivas

• Mar 26th, 2006

 

Hi shaila............

   Ur answer is absolutly correct regarding spoofing

    Recently i have faced one tough question in interview......... i hope u can clear

    Plz tell me the difference between flooding and broadcast?

jonnaprabhu

 Profile Answers by jonnaprabhu 

• May 10th, 2006

 

Regarding broadcast, the packet is sent to all the hosts on the network once.

Whereas in flooding, the packets are sent multiple times.

As an example if we use a sendto() call to the intended IP's on the network we have only once, we could say it is a broadcast.

Whereas if we use the same call iteratively then it is flooding

Arnika Tripathi

• Jan 2nd, 2014

 

Flooding and Broadcast are two routing algorithms used in computer networks today. Flooding sends all incoming packets through every outgoing edge. Broadcasting means every device in the network will receive a packet.