Traffic Flood

Traffic Flood definition - hacker
An attempt to “flood” a network. Typically, this is done sending large numbers of bogus data packets, thereby stopping legitimate network traffic. Traffic floods, a very common form of cyber attack, are often carried out by disrupting network connectivity by using multiple hosts in a Distributed Denial of Service Attack, or DDoS.

See Also: Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS).

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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