The redirection of traffic to a particular server, known as a sinkhole. The technique is generally used by information security researchers to prevent DDoS attacks and/or analyze botnet activity.
Traffic that lands in the sinkhole is analyzed and blocked; as a result, the garbage packets do not reach the target, or the bots cannot communicate with the C&C server.
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