Can you 'fake' an IP address?

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Alejandro Imass <aimass-EzYyMjUkBrFWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org>

| Ethercap

Ettercap?

| those cases that the crackers have taken possession of a router and

My picture is that there are two really technically weak links:

- DNS (until DNSsec is deployed and used)

- the global routing system.  Just advertise a low cost route to the
  ASN and you'll hijack traffic.  Instant man-in-the-middle.  Not
  easy to keep secret and requires significant hardware.  This has
  been (is being) done by countries.
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