[NTLUG:Discuss] How does 'ip address spoofing work'?

[Kelledin]

On Saturday 05 July 2003 12:49 pm, Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> ... just to confirm... if I send out a packet with someone
> elses IP Address... ( spoofing ) it's going to get to you,
> but it's not going to come back to me since it has someone
> elses IP Address. It's going to get routed to them and they
> will drop it since it didn't come from them... right?

That's usually what happens, yes.

-- 
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does 
it still cost four figures to fix?"