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Sinkhole vs Blackhole - What's the difference?

sinkhole | blackhole |

In internet terms the difference between sinkhole and blackhole

is that sinkhole is a DNS server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website while blackhole is a blackhole server, a DNS server that handles reverse lookups of invalid IP ranges.

As nouns the difference between sinkhole and blackhole

is that sinkhole is a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage while blackhole is an alternative spelling of nodot=x|lang=en, especially in the attributive.

As a verb blackhole is

to redirect (network traffic, etc.) nowhere; to discard incoming traffic.

sinkhole

English

(wikipedia sinkhole)

Alternative forms

* sink hole

Noun

  • (geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage
  • A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
  • (pinball) A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
  • * 1997 , Windows magazine (volume 8, issues 1-3)
    • Pro Pinball is as authentic as pinball has ever been on the PC. It's all here, from the ramps, bumpers and sinkholes to the satisfying "clack" when you make the high-score list.
  • (internet) A DNS server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.

    • Synonyms

    * cenote, doline, kettle hole, shakehole, sink, swallet, swallow hole

    blackhole

    English

    (too many supposedly distinct senses) (Black hole)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , especially in the attributive.
  • (Internet) A place where traffic is silently discarded.
  • (programming) A bit bucket; a place of permanent oblivion for data.
  • (computing) DNSBL, used to block spamming IP addresses – are often called "blackhole lists"
  • (Internet) A blackhole server, a DNS server that handles reverse lookups of invalid IP ranges
    • One way of fighting spam is to use a blackhole''' list maintained on a '''blackhole server.
  • (management) A resource sink.

    • Verb

    (blackhol)
  • (internet) To redirect (network traffic, etc.) nowhere; to discard incoming traffic.
  • * 2005 , Victor Oppleman, Oliver Friedrichs, Brett Watson, Extreme exploits: advanced defenses against hardcore hacks (page 186)
    • Select a nonglobally routed prefix, such as the Test-Net (RFC 3330) 192.0.2.0/24, to use as the next hop of any attacked prefix to be blackholed .