the activity of using a specially designed computer program to attack a computer network by flooding it with messages, thereby rendering it inoperable
a denial-of-service attack in which a network is disabled by an overwhelming number of replies to ping requests that have been given the return address of the network to be attacked
a type of denial-of-service attack that relies on flooding a network with a large volume of traffic through the manipulation of IP addresses in that network
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Halvasti konfigureeritud seadmetega arvutivõrku saadetakse leviaadressiga hulk ICMP-pakette, mille lähteaadressiks on seatud ohvri IP-aadress, et võrguseadmed ja -arvutid saadaksid sinna vastuseid.
from smurf, the name of the type of computer program used to carry out such attacks, named after the numerous small creatures in the cartoon The Smurfs
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