An article from Privacy PC discusses the types of IP spoofing, the kinds of attacks it’s used for, and how to protect yourself against this activity. IP spoofing is the name given to what might otherwise be called IP forgery or IP fraud. It’s a process whereby an attacker uses a fake IP address to hide their identity and carry out things like Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and identity thefts. While it isn’t illegal to browse the web under an alternate IP – as many people do when trying to retain their privacy online – using an IP spoof to masquerade as someone else or to carry out a criminal activity is against the law, wherever you are in the world. Read the article at Privacy PC.