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fraggle attack

fraggle attack noun: a particular variation of the smurf attack, using UDP traffic bearing the victim's spoofed IP address sent to certain standard ports.

Noun

fraggle attack (plural fraggle attacks)

  1. (security) A particular variation of the smurf attack, using UDP traffic bearing the victim's spoofed IP address sent to certain standard ports.

Forms of fraggle attack

pluralfraggle attacks

Origin of fraggle attack

The original proof-of-concept code, in the C programming language, was called fraggle.c.

Questions about fraggle attack

What does fraggle attack mean?
Fraggle attack means a particular variation of the smurf attack, using UDP traffic bearing the victim's spoofed IP address sent to certain standard ports.
What part of speech is fraggle attack?
Fraggle attack is a noun.
What is the plural of fraggle attack?
The plural of fraggle attack is fraggle attacks.

Words near fraggle attack in the dictionary

  1. fragged
  2. fragger
  3. fraggers
  4. fragging
  5. fraggings
  6. fraggle attack
  7. fraggle attacks
  8. fraghan
  9. fraghans
  10. fragicide
  11. fragilariacean

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