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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Chernobyl packet</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="Chernobyl-chicken.html" title="Chernobyl chicken"/><link rel="next" href="chicken-head.html" title="chicken head"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chernobyl packet</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Chernobyl-chicken.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="chicken-head.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Chernobyl-packet"/><dt xmlns="" id="Chernobyl-packet"><b>Chernobyl packet</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/cher·noh´b@l pak'@t/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A network packet that induces a
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<a href="../B/broadcast-storm.html"><i class="glossterm">broadcast storm</i></a> and/or <a href="../N/network-meltdown.html"><i class="glossterm">network meltdown</i></a>, in memory
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of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The typical
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scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram that passes through a gateway
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with both source and destination Ether and IP address set as the respective
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broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated between. Compare
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