super source quench

super source quench n.  A special packet designed to shut up
   an Internet host.  The Internet Protocol (IP) has a control message
   called Source Quench that asks a host to transmit more slowly on a
   particular connection to avoid congestion.  It also has a Redirect
   control message intended to instruct a host to send certain packets
   to a different local router.  A "super source quench" is actually
   a redirect control packet, forged to look like it came from a local
   router, that instructs a host to send all packets to its own local
   loopback address.  This will effectively tie many Internet hosts up
   in knots.  Compare {Godzillagram}, {breath-of-life
   packet}.