denial of service

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…this because it thinks it is coming from the legitimate sender. This requires sophisticated software and is not highly likely to occur. If it does though, an attacker can send viruses over this connection or can simply gain complete access to the receiving site, jeopardizing critical private information and the server itself. Once the connection is hijacked the attacker can also delete essential files or introduce malicious code causing the system to crash. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**