Packet drop attack
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In computer networking a packet drop attack or blackhole attack is a type of denial-of-service attack accomplished by dropping packets. The attack can be accomplished either selectively (e.g. by dropping packets for a particular network destination, a packet every n packets or every t seconds, or a randomly selected portion of the packets, which is called "Gray hole attack") or in bulk (by dropping all packets).
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- Raffo, Daniele Security Schemes for the OLSR Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks, Chapter 3, 3.1.2 Incorrect traffic relaying.
