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spoofing |
1 definition found From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: spoofing A technique used to reduce network overhead, especially in {wide area network}s (WAN). Some network {protocol}s send frequent packets for management purposes. These can be {routing} updates or {keep-alive} messages. In a {WAN} this can introduce significant overhead, due to the typically smaller {bandwidth} of WAN connections. Spoofing reduces the required bandwidth by having devices, such as {bridge}s or {router}s, answer for the remote devices. This fools (spoofs) the {LAN} device into thinking the remote LAN is still connected, even though it's not The spoofing saves the WAN bandwidth, because no packet is ever sent out on the WAN. LAN {protocol}s today do not yet accommodate spoofing easily. ["Network Spoofing" by Jeffrey Fritz, BYTE, December 1994, pages 221 - 224]. (1995-01-13)
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