IP Spoofing

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The technique of supplying a false IP address.

IP Spoofing (Wikipedia)

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In computer networking, IP address spoofing or IP spoofing is the creation of Internet Protocol (IP) packets with a false source IP address, for the purpose of impersonating another computing system.

Example scenario of IP address spoofing