Category: Disambiguation In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... Forgery is the process of making or adapting objects or documents (see false document), with the intention to deceive. ... In the context of network security, a spoofing attack is a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gains an illegitimate advantage. ... This article describes how security can be achieved through design and engineering. ... In computer security, Referer spoofing or ref tar spoofing is the sending of incorrect Referer information along with an HTTP request, with the aim of gaining unauthorized access to a web site. ... Protocol spoofing is used in data communications to improve performance in situations where an existing protocol is inadequate, for example due to long delays or high error rates. ... The game of Spoof is a guessing game designed to pick someone for an unpopular task, such as buying the next round of drinks. ... In computer networking, the term Internet Protocol address spoofing is the creation of IP packets with a forged (spoofed) source IP address. ... Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to display a number on the recipients caller ID display which is not that of the actual originating station; the term is commonly used to describe situations in which the motivation is considered nefarious by the speaker. ... “Spoofing” is a term used to describe fraudulent email activity in which the IP address of the original sender is changed to appear as if it originated from a different IP address. ... Website spoofing is the act of creating a website, as a hoax, with the intention of misleading readers that the website has been created by a different person or organisation. ... SMS spoofing is a relatively new kind of high-tech felony, which uses the short message service (SMS), which is available on most mobile phones and personal digital assistants, to spoof or impersonate another user. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...