Familia de
ataques en red consistente en el envío de paquetes ICMP mal construidos.
Nukes are malformed or
specially crafted packets.
A nuke attack consists in
sending fragmented or otherwise invalid ICMP packets to the target, achieved by
using a modified ping utility to repeatedly send this corrupt data, thus
slowing down the affected computer until it comes to a complete stop. In online
gaming, nuking is used by spamming another user, or all other users, with
random repeated messages in quick succession. Such techniques are also seen in
instant messaging programs as repeatedly sending text can be assigned to a
macro or AppleScript. Modern operating systems are usually resistant to these
techniques, and online games now have third party "Flood control."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuke_%28computer%29