TARPIT

Tarpit

A tarpit is a service on a computer system that purposefully delays incoming connections. The technique was developed as a defense against a computer worm, and the idea is that network abuses such as spamming or broad scanning are less effective, and therefore less attractive, if they take too long. The concept is analogous with a tar pit, in which animals can get bogged down and slowly sink under the surface, like in a swamp.

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Tar Pit

"Tar Pit" is the first episode of the second season of the 1975 American television series Land of the Lost. Written by Margaret Armen and directed by Gordon Wiles, it first aired in the United States on September 6, 1975 on NBC.

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tarpit

Noun

  1. a geological occurrence where subterranean bitumen leaks to the surface, creating a lake of asphalt


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