blackholing
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blackholing
Discarding packets in a network based on some criterion. For example, an ISP might blackhole packets coming from a known spammer or from a file sharing application such as BitTorrent. An ISP that has its own packet-switched phone service may blackhole VoIP packets from another vendor.Copyright © 1981-2019 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.