THE MENACE OF IP-SPOOFING VULNERABILITY IN NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS AND MITIGATION RESPONSES

F. I. Onah

Department of Computer Science

Cross River University of Technology, Calabar, Nigeria

E-mail: ikonah80@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The menace of IP spoofing across the globe continues to pose challenges to administrators and stakeholders in today’s networked world. Online criminals repeatedly attempt to circumvent traditional authentication safeguards through sophisticated attacks that specifically targets consumers, enterprises and citizens. The detection and prevention of malicious behaviors that can compromise the security and trust of a computer system are of primary concerns. In this paper, the challenges posed by IP-spoofing in network environments are examined. Various threat cases are identified and methods of mitigation are recommended. This enables third-party software developers to design and implement defense mechanisms against organized and systematic fraudulent attacks on computer