from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
super source quench
n.
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}.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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}.
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