Cybersecurity Lexicon

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packet: A packet is the unit of data that is routed between an origin and a destination on the Internet or any other packet switched network.

packet analyzer: Software that observes and records network traffic. SOURCE: SP 800-61; CNSSI-4009

packet drop attack: A type of denial-of-service attack in which a router that is supposed to relay packets instead discards them. This usually occurs from a router becoming compromised from a number of different causes. One cause mentioned in research is through a denial-of-service attack on the router using a known DDoS tool. Because packets are routinely dropped from a lossy network, the packet ...