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Network Defense 1

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Q What is spoofing? Question 2 2 / 2 pts TRUE/FALSE: Mausezahn, Ettercap, and Arpspoof are three common spoofing tools. Question 3 2 / 2 pts TRUE/FALSE: Ettercap works on any Windows machine. Question 4 2 / 2 pts TRUE/FALSE: Mausezahn is a common spoofing tool that works on Windows platforms. Question 5 2 / 2 pts TRUE/FALSE: Arpspoof, part of the dsniff suite, can be used to spoof MAC tables.

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Spoofing is a sophisticated way to access the authenticated information either by using forged packets or by misrepresenting the sender of email, text message or IM in such a way that the recipients are bound to be responsive and that makes them vulnerable. Spoofing can be defined as 1. a sophisticated way to authenticate one machine to another by using forged packets, or 2. misrepresenting the sender of a message (e-mail, IM, letter, resume, etc) in such a way as to cause the human recipient to behave in a certain way.