fraggle attack

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Etymology

The original proof-of-concept code, in the C programming language, was called fraggle.c.

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Particularly: “Possibly a reference to "Fraggle Rock", another children's series, like "The Smurfs" re smurf attack?”

Noun

fraggle attack (plural fraggle attacks)

  1. (computing, security) A particular variation of the smurf attack, using UDP traffic bearing the victim's spoofed IP address sent to certain standard ports.