Twinge attack
(重定向自TWINGE)
An Internet-based computer-networking term. A Twinge attack is a flood of false ICMP packets in an attempt to cripple a system.
The attack is spoofed, that is random fake Internet source addresses are used which makes it difficult to identify the attacker. The idea of the attack is to either degrade the performance of the attacked computer or make it crash. The attacking program is called Twinge, but the ICMP packets have a particular signature which gives its identity away.