English Explanatory Dictionary

synflood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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
  1. To carry out an attack of this kind.

Word forms

synflood synfloods synflooding synflooded

Etymology

SYN + flood

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