broadcast storm n.
[common] An incorrect packet
broadcast on a network that causes most hosts to respond all at
once, typically with wrong answers that start the process over
again. See network meltdown; compare mail storm.
[common] An incorrect packet
broadcast on a network that causes most hosts to respond all at
once, typically with wrong answers that start the process over
again. See network meltdown; compare mail storm.
Related:
- broadcast storm: n. An incorrect packet broadcast on a network that
causes most hosts to respond all at once,
typically with wrong answers that start the process... - network meltdown: n. A state of complete network overload;
the network equivalent of {thrash}ing. This may... - network meltdown n.
A state of complete network overload;
the network equivalent of thrashing. This may be induced... - Chernobyl packet: /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ n. A network packet that
induces a {broadcast storm} and/or {network meltdown},
in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl... - ping storm n.
A form of DoS attack consisting
of a flood of ping requests (normally used to check network
conditions) designed to disrupt the normal activity of a system.
This act is sometimes called `ping lashing' or `ping... - Chernobyl packet /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ n.
A network
packet that induces a broadcast storm and/or network
Chernobyl in Ukraine.
The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram... - sorcerer's apprentice mode: [from Friedrich Schiller's "Der
Zauberlehrling" via the film "Fantasia"] n.
A bug in a protocol where, under some circumstances... - meltdown, network n.
See network meltdown... - Nightmare File System n.
Pejorative hackerism for Sun's
Network File System (NFS).
In any nontrivial network of Suns where there is...
