1. synflood - Noun
2. synflood - Verb
synflood (plural synfloods)
(Internet) A denial-of-service attack in which the attacker sends a succession of SYN (synchronization) requests to the target system in an attempt to consume its resources and make the system unresponsive to legitimate traffic.
synflood (third-person singular simple present synfloods, present participle synflooding, simple past and past participle synflooded)
(Internet) To carry out an attack of this kind.