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According to the specification, the 502 status code indicates that the server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, received an invalid response from an upstream server. The Occurrence [ edit ]
A ping of death is a type of attack on a computer system that involves sending a malformed or otherwise malicious ping to a computer. [1] In this attack, a host sends hundreds of ping requests with a packet size that is large or illegal to another host to try to take it offline or to keep it preoccupied responding with ICMP Echo replies.