Synflood

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA 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.VerbTo carry out an attack of this kind.

Synonyms

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