Ping flood

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

A ping flood is a simple denial-of-service attack where the attacker overwhelms the victim with ICMP "echo request" (ping) packets. This is most effective by using the flood option of ping, which sends ICMP packets as fast as possible without waiting for replies.

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