What does POD stand for?

Ping of Death (type of hacking/network attack)

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Information technology (IT) and computers
Slang/chat, popular culture

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Samples in periodicals archive:

There are different kinds of DOS Attacks such as Teardrop and Ping of Death.

Dos Attack and Digg Traffic on Web Servers

On the hacker's uniform are the names of various computer tools and vulnerabilities, such as Ping of Death.

White-Hat Security Arsenal: Tackling the Threats

The iGateway Firewall provides protection from Denial of service (DoS) attacks such as SYN flooding, IP smurfing, LAND, ping of Death and all reassembly attacks.

Intoto and Ixia to Demonstrate 16Gbps Firewall at AdvancedTCA Summit

Each switch is also pre-programmed to detect six well-known DoS attacks: SYN Flood, SMURF, Land, Teardrop, Ping of Death and IP Options.

Allied Telesyn Boosts LAN Performance and Security with Enhanced ...

For network protection, the routers come with an Advanced SPI Firewall to protect computers from DoS (Denial of Service) and other malicious attacks like Ping of Death, SYN Flood, Land Attacks and IP Spoofing.

SMC Secures Connections with New Barricade VPN Broadband Routers

Expanded Security Tests -- adding Evasive UDP, Land Attack, Ping of Death, Tear Drop and Unreachable Host to the 10 existing attacks available with Avalanche Enterprise Edition.

Spirent Rolls out Avalanche 6.1 for Greater Testing Flexibility and ...

The new test features for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks include Evasive UDP, Land Attack, Ping of Death, Tear Drop and Unreachable Host.

Spirent Unveils Enhanced Security Testing Features for Avalanche

SMC's New Barricade VPN Broadband Routers Secure Connections