Re: IP Spoofing/Masquarading

[James Bensley <jwbensley () gmail com>]

2009/9/9 M.D.Mufambisi <mufambisi () gmail com>:
> I understand that IP packets can be spoofed ie change the source
> address to make it look like they originated from the internal LAN.
> However, when this is done across the internet, with a private IP
> address in its source field, how does this packet get routed through
> the internet?
>
> Kind Regards

It doesn't, private IP addresses aren't routed, when the local packet
hits the edge of your local LAN and exists via a router for example it
will be NAT'ed and/or PAT'ed so it won't have the local address as the
source IP otherwise how would the response ever get back to the
source?

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