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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>smurf</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="SMOP.html" title="SMOP"/><link rel="next" href="SNAFU-principle.html" title="SNAFU principle"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">smurf</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="SMOP.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="SNAFU-principle.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="smurf"/><dt xmlns="" id="smurf"><b>smurf</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/smerf/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [from the <tt class="systemitem">soc.motss</tt>
newsgroup on Usenet, after some obnoxiously gooey cartoon characters] A
newsgroup regular with a habitual style that is irreverent, silly, and
<span class="i">cute</span>. Like many other hackish terms for
people, this one may be praise or insult depending on who uses it. In
general, being referred to as a smurf is probably not going to make your
day unless you've previously adopted the label yourself in a spirit of
irony. Compare <a href="../O/old-fart.html"><i class="glossterm">old fart</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. [techspeak] A ping packet with a forged source address sent to
some other network's broadcast address. All the machines on the
destination network will send a ping response to the forged source address
(the victim). This both overloads the victim's network and hides the
location of the attacker.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="SMOP.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="SNAFU-principle.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">SMOP </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> SNAFU principle</td></tr></table></div></body></html>