A special packet designed to shut up an Internet host. The Internet
Protocol (IP) has a control message called Source Quench that asks a
host to transmit more slowly on a particular connection to avoid
congestion. It also has a Redirect control message intended to
instruct a host to send certain packets to a different local router.
A "super source quench" is actually a redirect control packet, forged
to look like it came from a local router, that instructs a host to
send all packets to its own local loopback address. This will
effectively tie many Internet hosts up in knots. Compare
{Godzillagram}, {breath-of-life packet}.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {Godzillagram}]