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Chernobyl packet: /cher·noh´b@l pak'@t/, n. |
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A network packet that induces a [[broadcast]] storm and/or network meltdown, 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 Ether and IP address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated between'''. Compare [[Christmas tree packet]]. |
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