sinkhole
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
- A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
- A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.
- An attack which redirects requests, whether network or memory accesses, to a new location defined by the attacker.
Verb
- To configure as a sinkhole (domain name server that gives non-routeable addresses).
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