A smurf attack is a sort of brute-force DOS attack in which a huge number of ping requests containing spoofed source IP addresses from within the target network is sent to a system (normally the router) within that network. When the router gets a ping, or echo request message, it sends an echo reply message to the spoofed IP address, flooding the network with packets, thereby clogging the network and preventing legitimate users from obtaining network services.
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