kamikaze packet

More commonly called a Christmas tree packet. RFC 1025,

"TCP and IP Bake Off" says:

10 points for correctly being able to process a "Kamikaze"

packet (AKA nastygram, Christmas tree packet, lamp test

segment, et al.). That is, correctly handle a segment with

the maximum combination of features at once (e.g. a SYN URG

PUSH FIN segment with options and data).

See also Chernobyl packet.

[Jargon File]

(1994-11-09)