email spoofing

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13:10 Jan 14, 2010

English to Norwegian translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Internet, e-Commerce
Additional field(s): Computers: Systems, Networks, IT (Information Technology), Telecom(munications)

English term or phrase: email spoofing

Definition from Parliament House, Victoria:
A type of Internet fraud whereby the “header” of an email message is falsified to appear to come from a different sender’s address. This type of criminal activity is commonly used to deliver SPAM email, or for the purposes of fraud.

Example sentence(s):

Email spoofing may occur in different forms, but all have a similar result: a user receives email that appears to have originated from one source when it actually was sent from another source. Email spoofing is often an attempt to trick the user into making a damaging statement or releasing sensitive information (such as passwords). Carnegie Mellon University
You might receive an email that asks for detailed information on a secret company project which appears to come from your boss, but instead comes from your company's competitor. Many well-known companies are daily victims of email spoofing, either accidently with a virus, or deliberately. DAWN Ontario
A lot of modern worms use email spoofing when they send themselves from an infected computer. This spoofing tactic has led to a great deal of finger pointing and confusion among Internet users. Brett M.Christensen

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Summary of translations provided

forfalskning av e-postadresse

Bjørnar Magnussen

e-post med falsk avsender

Egil Presttun

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forfalskning av e-postadresse

Definition from own experience or research:
"spoofing" er ulike former for forfalskning, i dette tilfelle av e-postadressen

Example sentence(s):

Denne teknologien bidrar til å beskytte datamaskinen mot meldinger som bruker en falsk e-postadresse med et skjult domenenavn. - microsoft
Send med falsk e-postadresse · En gratis perle blant antispam-serverløsninger - ITpro

Bjørnar Magnussen
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of:

Norwegian
PRO pts in category: 56

1 hr confidence:

e-post med falsk avsender

Definition from own experience or research:
E-post med falsk avsender innebærer at avsender utgir seg for å være en annen. Både avsenderens navn, e-postadresse og svaradresse pleier å være falsk.

Example sentence(s):

For en tid tilbake verserte det en e-post med falsk avsender om farlig aluminium i deodoranter. - Forbrukerrådet

Egil Presttun
Norway
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of: Norwegian
PRO pts in category: 32

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