The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
super source quench
n.
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.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
super source quench
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.
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