IP Address Spoofing

Comments debate the feasibility, ease, and implications of spoofing IP addresses, MAC addresses, SSIDs, and related network identifiers, often questioning the reliability of systems that depend on them for tracking or security.

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rjaco31 Aug 1, 2014 View on HN

You can't really spoof IP address if you want any kind of two-way interaction

bowmessage Oct 6, 2019 View on HN

Or they spoof it for logging into WiFi portals

lammalamma25 Jul 14, 2019 View on HN

Cool article but couldn't you just spoof your IP using something like socket?

jklp Aug 13, 2015 View on HN

Can't those other sources also be spoofed?

return0 Aug 22, 2016 View on HN

Why don't we have widespread use of tools that spoof online activity ?

stillbourne Jul 1, 2022 View on HN

This seems like something pretty easy to spoof.

theandrewbailey Apr 24, 2018 View on HN

Can someone troll them by spoofing addresses and find out?

sambazi May 28, 2024 View on HN

whatever you have been smoking, i want somePS: you'd also have to spoof the mac addresses and get a lot of clients to report it, but it could cause some confusion

xsmasher Apr 17, 2021 View on HN

Does it matter if they know you're spoofing, as long as it prevents them from linking two separate sessions together?

camgunz Jun 9, 2024 View on HN

Aren't most of these spoofed addresses anyway?