Evil Hackers, Spoofing, and PortIDs
Evil Hackers, Spoofing, and PortIDs
- Subject: Evil Hackers, Spoofing, and PortIDs
- From: Chilton Webb <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:47:03 -0600
(I'm referring to the stereotypical media-hyped 'Hacker' here, not the
old-skewl meaning...)
I am designing the networking code for an online game. My limited
knowledge of TCP reveals that any inbound data (origin IP address,
etc.) can be spoofed. But once said data hits my machine, the new
inbound socket connection is given a SocketID. Can that SocketID be
spoofed? I can't see how, but before I rely on that (in addition to
other security precautions), I'd kinda like to know.
Thanks,
-Chilton
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