smurf
 /smerf/, n.

    1. [from the soc.motss newsgroup on Usenet, after some obnoxiously gooey
    cartoon characters] A newsgroup regular with a habitual style that is
    irreverent, silly, and cute. Like many other hackish terms for people, this
    one may be praise or insult depending on who uses it. In general, being
    referred to as a smurf is probably not going to make your day unless you've
    previously adopted the label yourself in a spirit of irony. Compare old
    fart.

    2. [techspeak] A ping packet with a forged source address sent to some
    other network's broadcast address. All the machines on the destination
    network will send a ping response to the forged source address (the
    victim). This both overloads the victim's network and hides the location of
    the attacker.

smurf

    /smerf/ (From the <news:soc.motss> Usenet
   newsgroup, after some obnoxiously gooey cartoon characters) A
   newsgroup regular with a habitual style that is irreverent,
   silly, and cute.  Like many other hackish terms for people,
   this one may be praise or insult depending on who uses it.  In
   general, being referred to as a smurf is probably not going to
   make your day unless you've previously adopted the label
   yourself in a spirit of irony.

   Compare old fart.

   [Jargon File]

   (1995-10-25)