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Synonyms for spoof

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for spoof

a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

make a parody of

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Algorithm 3: Handshake Enfranchisement Input: Buffered packets of traffic analyzer/Packets from Entropy profiler Output: Botnet, Spoofer threat detected BEGIN Extract packet header for source IP address, [SRC.sub.addr] FOR each [SRC.sub.addr] FOR i = 1 to N IF (Certificate validation successful) Generate and transmit Genuine code IF (Exact combination of certificate + Genuine code matched) Alert "Legitimacy approved" END IF ELSE END IF i++ END FOR END FOR Alert "Spoofer/Botnet Detected".
In spoofing, a spoofer creates a false GPS signal that passes as a real GPS signal, sending an incorrect time and location to a certain receiver.
And world famous spoofer Christopher Guest, himself an English lord, toffs it up wonderfully as the Lord Chancellor consistently patronised and scandalised by Mrs Henderson.
One recent spoof incident involved e-mail that appeared to come from a system administrator and requested users to change their password--which was then transmitted to the spoofer.
A more insidious approach is called "spoofing." The spoofer makes the user think that he or she is talking to the system and, in that way, steals the password or other security information.
The easiest way for a web spoofer to mimic a real domain name is to use one that is deceptively similar to the real domain name.
whether the WIFI Spoofer was one person or a group, a malicious insider
Epstein & Bill Tancer, Enforcement of Use Limitations By Internet Services Providers: "How to Stop That Hacker, Cracker, Spammer, Spoofer, Flamer, Bomber," 19 HASTINGS COMM.
(And the spoofer may never know whether the target satellite was actually affected.) Such countermeasures could prove useful during crises or war to prevent access to pictures of a specific temporary activity without the legal bother of shutter control or the political hassle of negotiated restraints.
The paranoid among us worry about whether they are connected to the real remote device or to a spoofer that feeds them false information.
Automatically, his spoofer (the AN/ALQ-131 jamming pod) began its high-powered jamming transmissions.
While Mr Kenny might not be flavour of the month here he is well thought of in Europe and, with the EU facing its gravest crisis, it might not be a good time to bring on a spoofer like Leo Varadkar as sub.
It also makes a key difference when the targets are respected celebrities known more for their achievements than for their looks-in fact, the looks factor becomes irrelevant, and the spoofer who cluelessly or insensitively stays at that level comes off as shallow.