On April 1,2012,students enrolled in an economics course at Harvard University received an e-mail stating that class would be cancelled.The e-mail claimed to be from the professor,but it wasn't.Computer forensic experts determined that the e-mail was sent from a computer in one of the campus labs at 6:32 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) IDS
B) TCP/IP
C) MAC
D) DMZ

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The computer forensic experts were able to uniquely identify the computer by means of its network interface card's MAC (Media Access Control) address. This is a unique identifier assigned to each network interface controller and allows for easy identification of the device on the network. The other options, IDS (intrusion detection system), TCP/IP (protocol suite), and DMZ (demilitarized zone), are not relevant to identifying the computer in question.

On April 1,2012,students Enrolled in an Economics Course at Harvard