tarpit
See also: tar pit
English
editEtymology
editNoun
edittarpit (plural tarpits)
- 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.
- (computing) A service that purposely delays incoming connections in order to reduce the effectiveness of spamming and similar techniques.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- tar baby (another term related to tar and to trapping or bogging down)
Translations
editlake of asphalt
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Verb
edittarpit (third-person singular simple present tarpits, present participle tarpitting, simple past and past participle tarpitted)
- (transitive, computing) To delay by means of a tarpit service.
- 2004, Steven Andres, Brian Kenyon, Erik Pack Birkholz, Security Sage's Guide to Hardening the Network Infrastructure, page 415:
- If an attack matches a certain pattern, the connection can be tarpitted.