On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 08:55:04PM +0400, Max Tulyev wrote: > Let's imagine in Net a hacker having his source server(S), destination > server(D), and a ip-capable device - victim(V). S sends to V spoofed ICMP > echo request packet containing IP source address of D, and the data in > Payload. > > When V receiving that packet, it sends ICMP echo-reply packet to D, AND > FORWARDS TO D ALL DATA IN PAYLOAD! This could also be used by peer-to-peer networks to achieve sender anonymity. (Of course you could also directly send UDP packets with forged source addresses...)