Classification of source address spoofing in the Internet

Source address spoofing has become a widely used mechanism for attacks because it can be easily launched and is difficult to defend against and trace. Therefore,the classification of network attacks based on source address spoofing is very important.This paper presents a survey of the modes of source address spoofing and their effect on the Internet.The source address spoofing attacks are related to the attacker,the victim and the spoofed host.Source address spoofing attacks can be classified into six categories based on the position of the host being spoofed.This classification clarifies the problems of source address spoofing which will lead to improved prevention methods as a foundation of a trustworthy Internet architecture.