super source quench
A special packet designed to shut up an Internet host. The Internet Protocol (IP) has a control message called Source Quench that asks a host to transmit more slowly on a particular connection to avoid congestion. It also has a Redirect control message intended to instruct a host to send certain packets to a different local router. A "super source quench" is actually a redirect control packet, forged to look like it came from a local router, that instructs a host to send all packets to its own local loopback address. This will effectively tie many Internet hosts up in knots. Compare godzillagram, breath-of-life packet. [Jargon File]Nearby terms:
superprogrammer ♦ superscalar ♦ super source quench ♦ SuperTalk ♦ superuser
Try this search on Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Google, OneLook.
Loading
