: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 AI Hackers Dictionary
