synfloods

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A form of synflood — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of synflood
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of synflood
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Chicago

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