synflood

Meaning

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

Similar words

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