Familia de
ataques en red consistente en el envío de paquetes ICMP mal construidos.
Nukes are
malformed or specially crafted packets.
A nuke attack
consists in sending fragmented or otherwise invalid ICMP packets to the target,
achieved by using a modified ping utility to repeatedly send this corrupt data,
thus slowing down the affected computer until it comes to a complete stop. In
online gaming, nuking is used by spamming another user, or all other users,
with random repeated messages in quick succession. Such techniques are also
seen in instant messaging programs as repeatedly sending text can be assigned
to a macro or AppleScript. Modern operating systems are usually resistant to
these techniques, and online games now have third party "Flood
control."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuke_%28computer%29
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