SPOOF


Meaning of SPOOF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vi. ]

To capture, alter, and retransmit a communication stream in a way that misleads the recipient. As used by hackers, refers especially to altering TCP/IP packet source addresses or other packet-header data in order to masquerade as a trusted machine. This term has become very widespread and is borderline techspeak.

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.