Always correcting me when I'm wrong :) You're right Dave... The definition of IP Spoofing as that article writes is that you actually disguise your IP address within the TCP packet...
I was more concentrating the cgi.remote_addr variable than the "spoofing" part of the question... I just used the wrong words... To rephrase... It's possible to "mask" your IP... :) -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 1:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Setting CGI.REMOTE_ADDR > It's not as hard as you think... The easiest way to spoof > your IP is to go through a proxy. There's tonnes of open > proxies on the internet you can use to spoof your IP. > > For example: > http://www.freedom.net/products/websecure/ While the use of a proxy might solve the original poster's problems, that's not the same thing as spoofing your IP address: http://rr.sans.org/threats/intro_spoofing.php Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
