What is IP spoofing | 2020

What is IP spoofing and Security Solutions | 2020

• Attackers usually mask their true identity and disguise as someone else while targeting a computer system or a network.
• IP Spoofing is one of the most common forms of online concealment, and is the act of hiding the IP address to moslead the target computer to think that it is receiving data from a trusted computer/host.
• Most computers keep logs of online activity.
• If attackers want to hide their identity, they need to change the source address.

Security Solutions

• Use a firewall on every computer on your network.
• Monitor packets, analyse logs between system on your internal network and spot unusual activities.
• Filter the data packets entering into the network.Additionally , filter all incoming and outgoing traffic.
• Use Access Control List (ACL) to prevent forged IP addresses from entering the network.
• Use SSL certificate -to significantly reduce risk of spoofing.