synflood

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Synonyms: inflood, sky-flood

Antonyms: inflood, sky-flood

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|internet}} A [[denial-of-service attack]] in which the attacker sends a succession of SYN ([[synchronization]]) [[request]]s to the target system in an attempt to consume its resources and make the system [[unresponsive]] to [[legitimate]] [[traffic]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|internet}} To carry out an attack of this kind.

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