tarpit

noun

Etymology

From tar + pit.

  1. derived from puteus — “trench, pit, well
  2. inherited from *puti
  3. inherited from pytt
  4. inherited from pit
  5. compounded as tarpit — “tar + pit

Definitions

  1. A lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface. Such pits…

    A lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface. Such pits are important in forming fossil fuel reserves; they are also apt to trap passing animals, which become fossilized in the tar.

  2. A service that purposely delays incoming connections in order to reduce the effectiveness…

    A service that purposely delays incoming connections in order to reduce the effectiveness of spamming and similar techniques.

  3. To delay by means of a tarpit service.

    • If an attack matches a certain pattern, the connection can be tarpitted.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tarpit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA