Alice's client process sends a TCP segment to Bob's server process.

You are an attacker who has the capability to change something in Alice's TCP segment (while the segment is traversing the network).

What must you change in order for Alice's TCP segment to reach another process running on Bob's computer (instead of the intended server process)?

Question

Alice's client process sends a TCP segment to Bob's server process. 
 
 You are an attacker who has the capability to change something in Alice's TCP segment (while the segment is traversing the network). 
 
 What must you change in order for Alice's TCP segment to reach  another  process  running on Bob's computer  (instead of the intended server process)?

Accepted Answer

The destination port number in the TCP header.

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The destination IP address in the IP header.

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Something in the application-layer header.

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The sequence number (SEQ) in the TCP header.

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