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
in Ukraine. The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram that
passes through a gateway with both source and destination Ether and IP
address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks
being gated between. Compare {Christmas tree packet}.
Chernobyl packet
<networking> /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ A {network} {packet} that
induces a {broadcast storm} and/or {network meltdown}, named
in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in
Ukraine.
The typical scenario involves an {IP} {Ethernet} {datagram}
that passes through a {gateway} with both source and
destination {Ethernet address} and {IP address} set as the
respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated
between.
Compare {Christmas tree packet}.
[{Jargon File}]
(2004-02-17)