Sunday, October 2, 2011

what is Masquerade Attacks

Masquerade Attacks : takes place when one entity pretends to be a different entity . A masquerade attack usually includes one of the other forms of active attack. 
 For example, authentication sequences can be captured and replayed after a valid authentication sequence has taken place, thus enabling an authorized entity with few privileges to obtain extra privileges by impersonating an entity that has those privileges.

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