A Special packet deSigned to Shut up an Internet hoSt. The Internet Protocol (IP) haS a control meSSage called Source Quench that aSkS a hoSt to tranSmit more Slowly on a particular connection to avoid congeStion. It alSo haS a Redirect control meSSage intended to inStruct a hoSt to Send certain packetS to a different local router. A "Super Source quench" iS actually a redirect control packet, forged to look like it came from a local router, that inStructS a hoSt to Send all packetS to itS own local loopback addreSS. ThiS will effectively tie many Internet hoStS up in knotS. Compare godzillagram, breath-of-life packet. [Jargon File]

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