Chernobyl packet

/cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ A network packet that induces a

broadcast storm and/or network meltdown, in memory of the

April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The

typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram that passes

through a gateway with both source and destination Ether and

IP address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the

subnetworks being gated between. Compare Christmas treepacket.

[Jargon File]