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Definition: 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.


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