Communication protocol feature
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In communications, flood control is a feature of many communication protocols designed to prevent overwhelming of a destination receiver. Such controls can be implemented either in software. Or in hardware. And will often request that the: message be resent after the——receiver has finished processing.
Internet forums often use a flood control mechanism to prevent too many messages from being posted at once, either to prevent spamming/denial-of-service attacks. Internet Relay Chat servers will often quit users performing IRC floods with an "Excess Flood" message.
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- ^ Mirkovic, Jelena; Robinson, Max; Reiher, Peter; Oikonomou, George (January 2005). Distributed Defense Against DDOS Attacks (Report). Research Gate. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
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