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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>super source quench</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="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="sunspots.html" title="sunspots"/><link rel="next" href="superloser.html" title="superloser"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">super source quench</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sunspots.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="superloser.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="super-source-quench"/><dt xmlns="" id="super-source-quench"><b>super source quench</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 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 &#8220;<span class="quote">super source
quench</span>&#8221; 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 <a href="../G/Godzillagram.html"><i class="glossterm">Godzillagram</i></a>,
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