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ACK Piggybacking

nounid 1423·updated May 9, 2026
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ACK piggybacking is the practice of sending an ACK inside another packet going to the same destination.

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Classifications

Entity Type

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

Sensitivity

50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
ACK piggybacking is the practice of sending an ACK inside another packet going to the same destination.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
ACK piggybacking is the practice of sending an ACK inside another packet going to the same destination.
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