Editing Denial-of-service attack (section)

===Nuke===
A nuke is an old-fashioned denial-of-service attack against [[computer network]]s consisting of fragmented or otherwise invalid [[Internet Control Message Protocol|ICMP]] packets sent to the target, achieved by using a modified [[ping (networking utility)|ping]] utility to repeatedly send this [[Data corruption|corrupt data]], thus slowing down the affected computer until it comes to a complete stop.<ref name="Nuke">{{Cite web|url=https://security.radware.com/ddos-knowledge-center/ddospedia/nuke/|title=What Is a Nuke? {{!}} Radware — DDoSPedia|website=security.radware.com|access-date=2019-09-16}}</ref> A specific example of a nuke attack that gained some prominence is the [[WinNuke]], which exploited the vulnerability in the [[NetBIOS]] handler in [[Windows 95]]. A string of out-of-band data was sent to [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]] port 139 of the victim's machine, causing it to lock up and display a [[Blue Screen of Death]].<ref name="Nuke" />