Chernobyl packet


Chernobyl packet

(networking)/cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ A network packet thatinduces a broadcast storm and/or network meltdown, namedin memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl inUkraine.

The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagramthat passes through a gateway with both source anddestination Ethernet address and IP address set as therespective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gatedbetween.

Compare Christmas tree packet.