synflood
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
SYN + flood
Noun[edit]
synflood (plural synfloods)
- (Internet) A denial-of-service attack in which the attacker sends a succession of SYN (synchronization) requests to the target system in an attempt to consume its resources and make the system unresponsive to legitimate traffic.
Verb[edit]
synflood (third-person singular simple present synfloods, present participle synflooding, simple past and past participle synflooded)
- (Internet) To carry out an attack of this kind.
References[edit]
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