Qué (quién) es Chernobyl packet - definición
EXTREME ACCUMULATION OF BROADCAST AND MULTICAST TRAFFIC ON A COMPUTER NETWORK
Broadcast Storm; Chernobyl packet; Network storm; Broadcast radiation
Chernobyl packet
<networking> /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ A network packet that
induces a broadcast storm and/or network meltdown, named
in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in
Ukraine.
The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram
that passes through a gateway with both source and
destination Ethernet address and IP address set as the
respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated
between.
Compare Christmas tree packet.
[Jargon File ]
(2004-02-17)
Broadcast storm
A broadcast storm or broadcast radiation is the accumulation of broadcast and multicast traffic on a computer network. Extreme amounts of broadcast traffic constitute a "broadcast storm".
network storm
Wikipedia
Broadcast storm
A broadcast storm or broadcast radiation is the accumulation of broadcast and multicast traffic on a computer network. Extreme amounts of broadcast traffic constitute a "broadcast storm". It can consume sufficient network resources so as to render the network unable to transport normal traffic. A packet that induces such a storm is occasionally nicknamed a Chernobyl packet.
