spoof

spoof
    n 1: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's
         style, usually in a humorous way [syn: {parody}, {lampoon},
         {spoof}, {sendup}, {mockery}, {takeoff}, {burlesque},
         {travesty}, {charade}, {pasquinade}, {put-on}]
    v 1: make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers" [syn:
         {spoof}, {burlesque}, {parody}]
    

spoof
 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. Interestingly, it was already
   in use in its modern sense more than a century ago among Victorian
   telegraphers; it shows up in Kipling.
    

spoofing
spoof

   A technique used to reduce network overhead, especially in
   {wide area networks} (WAN).

   Some network {protocols} 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 {bridges} or {routers}, 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 {protocols} today do not yet accommodate spoofing easily.

   ["Network Spoofing" by Jeffrey Fritz, BYTE, December 1994,
   pages 221 - 224].

   (1995-01-13)
    

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "spoof":
      bamboozle, befool, cheat, chicane, deceit, deception, fake,
      fake out, fakement, flam, flimflam, fool, hoax, hoodwink, humbug,
      kid, phony, put one on, put-on, rip-off, sell, sham, trick