1. [from the soc.motss newsgroup on Usenet, after some obnoxiously
gooey cartoon characters] A newsgroup regular with a habitual style
that is irreverent, silly, and cute. Like many other hackish terms
for people, this one may be praise or insult depending on who uses
it. In general, being referred to as a smurf is probably not going to
make your day unless you've previously adopted the label yourself in
a spirit of irony. Compare {old fart}.
2. [techspeak] A ping packet with a forged source address sent to
some other network's broadcast address. All the machines on the
destination network will send a ping response to the forged source
address (the victim). This both overloads the victim's network and
hides the location of the attacker.
[glossary]