:sorcerer's apprentice mode: [from Friedrich Schiller's "Der
Zauberlehrling" via the film "Fantasia"] n. A bug in a
protocol where, under some circumstances, the receipt of a message
causes multiple messages to be sent, each of which, when received,
triggers the same bug. Used esp. of such behavior caused by
{bounce message} loops in {email} software. Compare
{broadcast storm}, {network meltdown}, {software
laser}, {ARMM}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Zauberlehrling" via the film "Fantasia"] n. A bug in a
protocol where, under some circumstances, the receipt of a message
causes multiple messages to be sent, each of which, when received,
triggers the same bug. Used esp. of such behavior caused by
{bounce message} loops in {email} software. Compare
{broadcast storm}, {network meltdown}, {software
laser}, {ARMM}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- sorcerer's apprentice mode n.
[from Goethe's "Der
Zauberlehrling" via Paul Dukas's "L'apprenti sorcier" the film
"Fantasia"] A bug in a protocol where,
under some circumstances, the receipt of a message... - bounce message: [UNIX] n. Notification message returned to sender
by a site unable to relay {email} to the intended {{Internet
address}} recipient or the next link in a {bang path} (see
{bounce},
sense 1). Reasons might include a nonexistent or ... - ARMM n.
[acronym, `Automated Retroactive Minimal
Moderation'] A Usenet cancelbot created by Dick Depew of Munroe Falls,
Ohio. ARMM was intended to automatically cancel posts... - software laser: n. An optical laser works by bouncing photons back
and forth between two mirrors,
one totally reflective and one partially reflective... - 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... - nastygram: /nas'tee-gram/ n. 1. A protocol packet or item of
email (the latter is also called a {letterbomb}) that takes
advantage of misfeatures or security holes on the target system to
do untoward things.
2. Disapproving mail, esp. from a {net.god}, pursuant... - barfmail: n. Multiple {bounce message}s accumulating to the
level of serious annoyance,
or worse. The sort of thing that happens when an... - bounce message n.
[common] Notification message
returned to sender by a site unable to relay email to the
intended Internet address recipient or the next link in a
bang path (see bounce,
sense 1). Reasons might include a nonexistent or... - protocol: n. As used by hackers, this never refers to niceties
about the proper form for addressing letters to the Papal Nuncio or
the order in which one should use the forks in a Russian-style
place setting;
hackers don't care about such things. It is used ...
From the same category:
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and bruised... - All syllogisms have three parts,
therefore this is not a syllogism... - Windows is a system even a fool can use. See Shaw's principle.
[Build a system even a fool can use and only a fool... - The weak have to be decent, while the strong can choose to be decent.
Sepp von... - The chance of somebody important visiting your apartment
is directly proportional to how messy it is...
