On February 14,2008,students enrolled in an economics course at Swingline College received an email stating that class would be cancelled.The email claimed to be from the professor,but it wasn't.Computer forensic experts determined that the email was sent from a computer in one of the campus labs at 9:14 A.M.They were then able to uniquely identify the computer that was used by means of its network interface card's ________ address.Security cameras revealed the identity of the student responsible for spoofing the class.
A) TCP/IP
B) MAC
C) DMZ
D) IDS

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The network interface card's MAC (Media Access Control) address is a unique identifier assigned to each network interface controller for use as a network address. It can be used to uniquely identify a computer or device on a network. In this case, the computer used by the student responsible for sending the fake email was identified by its MAC address. Therefore, the correct answer is B.

On February 14,2008,students Enrolled in an Economics Course at Swingline