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ACK Piggybacking

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

ACK piggybacking is the practice of sending an ACK inside another packet going to the same destination.

MWESANS Glossary of Security Terms

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

—50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
ACK Piggybackings
possessive
ACK Piggybacking's
pluralpossessive
ACK Piggybackings'